CVE-2016-8645
CVSS V2 Medium 4.9
CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-8645
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-11-28T03:59:07
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-12T23:26:16
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.8.9 |
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://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory Patch |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10 | Release Notes |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| 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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8645 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904 | Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8645 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8645 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:51:52 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 12:12:23 | 2016-11-28T03:59Z | 2016-11-28T03:59:07 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 12:12:23 | 2018-01-05T02:31:18 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 12:12:23 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 17:05:45 | 2023-02-02T16:17:43 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 17:05:46 | 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. | It was discovered that the Linux kernel since 3.6-rc1 with 'net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen' set to 1 can hit BUG() statement in tcp_collapse() function after making a number of certain syscalls leading to a possible system crash. | Description | updated |
| 2023-02-02 17:05:48 | References | updated | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:06:50 | 2023-02-12T23:26:16 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-13 01:06:51 | It was discovered that the Linux kernel since 3.6-rc1 with 'net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen' set to 1 can hit BUG() statement in tcp_collapse() function after making a number of certain syscalls leading to a possible system crash. | 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. | Description | updated |