CVE-2016-7039 Information

Description

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5