CVE-2017-17840 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2017-17840: An issue was discovered in Open-iSCSI through 2.0.875. A local attacker can cause the iscsiuio server to abort or potentially execute code by sending messages with incorrect lengths, which (due to lack of checking) can lead to buffer overflows, and result in aborts (with overflow checking enabled) o

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2017-17840 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

open-iscsi→ fixed in2.0.874-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y open-iscsi
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

open-iscsi→ fixed in2.0.874-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y open-iscsi
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

open-iscsi→ fixed in2.0.874-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y open-iscsi
```

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