Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.26.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
26.29% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELTOOLS-4699649
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2017

Introduced: 14 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-130  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-tools to version 0:3.10.0-514.26.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1615.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c, fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.

CVSS Scores

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