CVE-2016-10229 Information

Description

udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191 http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191 https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8