CVE-2017-11171

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-07-11
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1470706: CVE-2017-11171 gnome-session: Bad reference counting in accept_ice_connection() permits resource exhaustion
A denial-of-service flaw was found in the way gnome-session handled ICE connections. A local, authenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to cause the gnome-session process to exhaust its file descriptors and enter an infinite loop, thereby leading to denial of service.

Find out more about CVE-2017-11171 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gnome-session Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnome-session Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gnome-session Not affected

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