CVE-2016-7118

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
fs/fcntl.c in the "aufs 3.2.x+setfl-debian" patch in the linux-image package 3.2.0-4 (kernel 3.2.81-1) in Debian wheezy mishandles F_SETFL fcntl calls on directories, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via standard filesystem operations, as demonstrated by scp from an AUFS filesystem.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7118
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-31T14:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T20:37:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/31/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92697
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/395
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7118
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7118
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:03:49 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:57:41 2016-08-31T14:59Z 2016-08-31T14:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:57:41 2016-11-28T20:37:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:57:41 Modified Vulnerability Status updated