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CVE-2016-0723

Date: February 7, 2016

Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.8

Related Resources (33)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0723

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0723

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-0723

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c17c861a357e9458001f021a7afa7aab9937439

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035695

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82950

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296253

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html

Url: http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Url: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43650115

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c17c861a357e9458001f021a7afa7aab9937439

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0723

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-0723

Severity Score

6.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-0723

Date: February 7, 2016

Language: C

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