CVE-2017-6214

Public on 2017-02-23
Modified on 2017-06-07
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of packets with the URG flag. Applications using the splice() and tcp_splice_read() functionality could allow a remote attacker to force the kernel to enter a condition in which it could loop indefinitely.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2017-03-06 ALAS-2017-805

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H