K03685068: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-5972

Security Advisory Description 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 ...

SUSE 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...

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...

CVE-2017-5972

CVE-2017-5972 affects the Linux kernel 3.x TCP stack. The issue is that SYN cookies protection is not correctly applied for fast-network connection scenarios, enabling remote attackers to cause CPU denial of service by sending a flood of TCP SYN packets (as demonstrated against kernel-3.10.0 in C...

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...