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CVE-2017-15116

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.06 % (28th)
0.06% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 4
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The rngapi_reset function in crypto/rng.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

Weaknesses
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2017-11-30 18:29:00
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-12 23:28:30
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 4.2 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 4.2

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0