Bug#875881: linux: CVE-2017-1000251

[Julien Aubin <julien.aubin@gmail.com>]

Still, it can lead to system crashes from a remote device.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/BlueBorne

2017-09-15 20:18 GMT+02:00 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:31:13 +0200 Christoph Anton Mitterer
<calestyo@scientia.net> wrote:
> Source: linux
> Version: 4.12.12-2
> Severity: critical
> Tags: security
> Justification: root security hole
>
>
> Hi.
>
> Any chance to get CVE-2017-1000251, which seems to be quite critical fixed
> anytime soon? :-)
>
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000251

Probably less critical than you think, since we enable
CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR.

Ben.

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