The TCP stack in the Linux kernel 3.x does not properly implement a SYN cookie protection mechanism for the case of a fast network connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many TCP SYN packets, as demonstrated by an attack against the kernel-3.10.0 package in CentOS Linux 7. NOTE: third parties have been unable to discern any relationship between the GitHub Engineering finding and the Trigemini.c attack code.
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Published : 2017-02-14 06:59
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-5972
Mitre link : CVE-2017-5972
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5972
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption