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CVE-2017-7895: kernel: NFSv3 server payload bounds checking of WRITE requests - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="cve-id"><strong>CVE ID</strong></h3> <p>CVE-2017-7895</p> <h3 data-id="description"><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></h3> <p>The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lacked certain checks for the end of a buffer. A remote attacker could trigger a pointer-arithmetic error or possibly cause other unspecified impacts using crafted requests related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.</p> <h3 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h3> <p>Fixed in kernel-2.6.32-696.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm<br>The Unitrends security update dated 08/31/2017 or later includes this fix. </p> <h3 data-id="link-to-advisories"><strong>LINK TO ADVISORIES</strong></h3> <p></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fcve.mitre.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fcvename.cgi%3Fname%3DCVE-2017-7895%250D%250Ahttps%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fsecurity%2Fcve%2Fcve-2017-7895%250D%250Ahttps%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Ferrata%2FRHSA-2017%3A1723%25C2%25A0">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7895 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7895 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1723 </a></li></ul> </article> </main>