CVE-2016-9685

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9685
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-28T07:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:31:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.5.0
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
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396941 Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/1 Mailing List Patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 Release Notes
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94593
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9685
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9685
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:51:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:36:11 2016-12-28T07:59Z 2016-12-28T07:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:36:11 2018-01-05T02:31:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:36:11 Modified Vulnerability Status updated