| CVE-2017-17805 | Date: (C)2017-12-22 (M)2024-04-12 |
The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not correctly handle zero-length inputs, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash) or have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that use the blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 were vulnerable.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 7.8 | CVSS Score : 7.2 |
| Exploit Score: 1.8 | Exploit Score: 3.9 |
| Impact Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: 10.0 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: COMPLETE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: COMPLETE |
| Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: HIGH | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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