CVE-2017-1000407 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.4 Published Updated

Attackers can trigger a kernel panic and cause denial of service by flooding the diagnostic port 0x80 in the Linux Kernel.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-1000407?

CVE-2017-1000407 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Linux Kernel 2.6.32 and later are affected by a denial of service, by flooding the diagnostic port 0x80 an exception can be triggered leading to a kernel panic.

Weakness: CWE-754

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000407?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000407?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-1000407 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000407 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000407, GHSA-jh8r-93cx-crmc, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000407.

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