CVE-2016-4951

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-05-16
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linuxkernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.6.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.6.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0100	2016-09-21