CVE-2018-17977

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.14.67 - Denial of Service via XFRM Netlink Message Interaction

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105539
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/05/5

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 29.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel 4.14.67
Published Oct 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026