Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: memory corruption via fib6_rule_suppress
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-watch-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Linux, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server, denial of service on service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 21/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a memory corruption via
fib6_rule_suppress() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a
denial of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-memory-corruption-via-fib6-rule-suppress-30681