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CVE-2016-8645

Date: November 27, 2016

The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8645
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8645
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8645
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8645

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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