Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.295.2.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2520141
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 23 Feb 2017
Introduced: 23 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-6214 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.39-400.295.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3567
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug
package and not the kernel-uek-debug
package as distributed by Oracle
.
See How to fix?
for Oracle:5
relevant fixed versions and status.
The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-6214.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1615.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1615-1.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3539.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3566.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3567.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ccf7abb93af09ad0868ae9033d1ca8108bdaec82
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ccf7abb93af09ad0868ae9033d1ca8108bdaec82
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96421
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037897
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1647
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1616
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1615
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1372