CVE-2017-8890

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8890DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8890
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 47
Modified
Published: 10 May 2017, 16:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 16:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.41% LOW
1% probability +0.92%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 May 2017, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 16:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the accept system call.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.41%• Percentile: 71%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-415•Double Free

    The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.9.30-1 | < 4.9.30-1 | < 4.9.30-1 | < 4.9.30-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-123.172 | < 4.4.0-83.106

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1022.31

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    < 4.4.0-1018.18 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-83.106~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-oem

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1061.69 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1063.68

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.89 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.10.106 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.16.44 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.56 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.42 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.71 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.31 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.11.4

References (19)