Name | CVE-2017-5897 |
Description | The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-3791-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
linux | source | jessie | 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 | | DSA-3791-1 | |
linux | source | (unstable) | 4.9.13-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7892032cfe67f4bde6fc2ee967e45a8fbaf33756
Introduced by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f (3.7-rc1)