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CVE-2014-2523

Public on 2014-03-24
Modified on 2014-09-18
Description

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 uses a DCCP header pointer incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCCP packet that triggers a call to the (1) dccp_new, (2) dccp_packet, or (3) dccp_error function.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2014-04-22 10:53 ALAS-2014-328

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C