CVE-2017-7645

7.5 HIGH

Published: April 18, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c, fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97950

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1615

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1616

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1647

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1319

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e6838a29ecb484c97e4efef9429643b9851fba6e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6838a29ecb484c97e4efef9429643b9851fba6e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=149218228327497&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

https://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=149247516212924&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886