CVE-2016-3695

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The einj_error_inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to simulate hardware errors and consequently cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-3695
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-29T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-10T16:44:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-74 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3695
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3695
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:50:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:29:13 2017-12-29T15:29Z 2017-12-29T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:29:13 2018-01-10T16:44:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:29:13 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated