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SCP6-940 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2017-5897

Created: Mar 28, 2017 Updated: Aug 14, 2019

Resolved Date: Aug 14, 2019

Found In Version: 6.0.0.32

Fix Version: 6.0.0.38

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6

Component/s: Kernel

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-5897