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Vulnerability of Linux kernel: denial of service via ip6t_do_table

Synthesis of the vulnerability 

An attacker can generate a fatal error via ip6t_do_table() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service.
Vulnerable systems: Debian, Fedora, Android OS, Linux, openSUSE Leap, RHEL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity of this threat: 1/4.
Creation date: 05/03/2018.
Références of this weakness: CERTFR-2018-AVI-250, CERTFR-2018-AVI-257, CERTFR-2018-AVI-308, CERTFR-2018-AVI-319, CVE-2018-1065, DSA-4188-1, FEDORA-2018-2bce10900e, FEDORA-2018-884a105c04, openSUSE-SU-2018:1418-1, RHSA-2018:2948-01, SUSE-SU-2018:1366-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1816-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1855-1, USN-3654-1, USN-3654-2, USN-3656-1, VIGILANCE-VUL-25430.

Description of the vulnerability 

An attacker can generate a fatal error via ip6t_do_table() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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This threat alert impacts software or systems such as Debian, Fedora, Android OS, Linux, openSUSE Leap, RHEL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.

Our Vigil@nce team determined that the severity of this computer vulnerability bulletin is low.

The trust level is of type confirmed by the editor, with an origin of user shell.

An attacker with a expert ability can exploit this weakness note.

Solutions for this threat 

Linux kernel: version 4.15.10.
The version 4.15.10 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.14.27.
The version 4.14.27 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.9.88.
The version 4.9.88 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.4.122.
The version 4.4.122 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: patch for ip6t_do_table.
A patch is indicated in information sources.

Debian 9: new linux packages.
New packages are available:
  Debian 9: linux 4.9.88-1

Fedora 26: new kernel packages (14/05/2018).
New packages are available:
  Fedora 26: kernel 4.16.7-100.fc26

Fedora 27: new kernel packages.
New packages are available:
  Fedora 27: kernel 4.15.8-300.fc27

Google Android/Pixel: patch for July 2018.
A patch is indicated in information sources.

openSUSE Leap 42.3: new kernel packages (25/05/2018).
New packages are available:
  openSUSE Leap 42.3: kernel 4.4.132-53.1

RHEL 7: new kernel-alt packages (30/10/2018).
New packages are available:
  RHEL 7: kernel-alt 4.14.0-115.el7a

SUSE LE 12 SP2: new kernel packages.
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 12 SP2: kernel 4.4.121-92.85.1

SUSE LE 12 SP3: new kernel packages (23/05/2018).
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 12 SP3: kernel 4.4.131-94.29.1

SUSE LE 12 SP3: new kernel-rt packages (27/06/2018).
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 12 SP3: kernel-rt 4.4.138-3.14.1

Ubuntu 16.04: new linux-image-raspi2/snapdragon packages.
New packages are available:
  Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: linux-image-raspi2 4.4.0.1090.90, linux-image-snapdragon 4.4.0.1093.85

Ubuntu: new linux-image-4.4.0 packages.
New packages are available:
  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: linux-image-generic-lts-xenial 4.4.0.127.107
  Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: linux-image-generic 4.4.0.127.133
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