Denial of Service and Slab Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock Function

Denial of Service and Slab Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock Function

CVE-2018-5703 · CRITICAL Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (slab out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving TLS.

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