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CVE-2016-9555

Date: November 27, 2016

The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.8 lacks chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP data.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (28)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9555

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397930

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bf911e985d6bbaa328c20c3e05f4eb03de11fdd6

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0086.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.8

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html

Url: https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0113.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html

Url: https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/pAUcHsUJbjk

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9555

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94479

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0307.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9555

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9555

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0091.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf911e985d6bbaa328c20c3e05f4eb03de11fdd6

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037339

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/18

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9555

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-9555

Date: November 27, 2016

Language: C

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