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CVE-2017-7187 Detail

Description

The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write function.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96989 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038086 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 Third Party Advisory 
https://gist.github.com/dvyukov/48ad14e84de45b0be92b7f0eda20ff1b Third Party Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi.git/commit/?h=4.11/scsi-fixes&id=bf33f87dd04c371ea33feb821b60d63d754e3124 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-10-01 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7187
NVD Published Date:
03/20/2017
NVD Last Modified:
02/09/2023
Source:
MITRE