CVE-2017-5972

The TCP stack in the Linux kernel 3.x does not properly implement a SYN cookie protection mechanism for the case of a fast network connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many TCP SYN packets, as demonstrated by an attack against the kernel-3.10.0 package in CentOS Linux 7. NOTE: third parties have been unable to discern any relationship between the GitHub Engineering finding and the Trigemini.c attack code.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2017-02-14 06:59

Updated : 2024-02-28 15:44


NVD link : CVE-2017-5972

Mitre link : CVE-2017-5972

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5972


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption