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CVE-2017-17450
published 2017-12-07

CVE-2017-17450: net/netfilter/xt_osf.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for add_callback and remove_callback operations, which…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.39%
31.8th percentile
net/netfilter/xt_osf.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for add_callback and remove_callback operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions because the xt_osf_fingers data structure is shared across all net namespaces.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 4.14.7-1 (bookworm)linux 4.14.7-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel<= 4.14.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.14.7-14.14.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.14.7-14.14.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.14.7-14.14.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.14.7-14.14.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-142.1913.13.0-142.191
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-119.1434.4.0-119.143

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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