BSA-2017-234

Brocade Fabric OS

2 more products

21488

08 September 2017

31 March 2017

Closed

High

7.0

N/A

CVE-2016-8655

Summary

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2017-234

Component : Linux Kernel

Revision : 2.0: Interim

Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.

Affected Products

Product Current Assessment
Brocade 5400 vRouter Impacted: Fixed in 6.7R13.
Brocade 5600 vRouter Impacted: Fixed in 17.2.0 and 5.2R4.
Brocade Virtual Traffic Manager Impacted: Appliance fixed in 17.1 and later.

Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable

Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade FastIron OS, Brocade NetIron OS, Brocade Network Advisor, Brocade Network OS, Brocade SDN Controller, Brocade ServerIron ADX, Brocade SLX-OS, Brocade Virtual ADX, Brocade Virtual Traffic Manager: Software, and Brocade Virtual Web Application Firewall are confirmed not affected by this vulnerability.

Workaround

There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Revision History

Version Change Date
1.0 Initial Publication August 25, 2017
2.0 Updated to address FOS and NOS September 8, 2017