CVE-2017-5972 in Linux

Sumário

de MITRE

The TCP stack in the Linux kernel 3.x does not properly implement a SYN cookie protection mechanism for the case of a fast network connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many TCP SYN packets, as demonstrated by an attack against the kernel-3.10.0 package in CentOS Linux 7.

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• Reservar: 12/02/2017
• Divulgação: 14/02/2017
• Moderação: aceite
• Entrada: VDB-96953
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-399 (confirmado)
• Exploração: Descarregar
• CVSS: 7.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.23890
• KEV: não
• Atividades: muito baixo
• Sector: Homeoffice, Hospital, ...

Fontes

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5972
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5972
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-5972/