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CVE-2016-1237

Date: June 29, 2016

nfsd in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allows local users to bypass intended file-permission restrictions by setting a POSIX ACL, related to nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c, and nfs4acl.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (15)

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/2

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91456

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1237

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1237

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1237

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350845

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1237

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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