CVE-2016-8645 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5