Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20177979000
Revision Date:2017-04-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-7979 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
Description:The cookie feature in the packet action API implementation in net/sched/act_api.c in the Linux kernel 4.11.x through 4.11-rc7 mishandles the tb nlattr array, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and refcount underflow, and system hang or crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via "tc filter add" commands in certain contexts. NOTE: this does not affect stable kernels, such as 4.10.x, from kernel.org. Fabian Grünbichler discovered that the Packet action API implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled uninitialized data. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7979
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-vivid' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
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