CVE-2016-4998
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-06-24 |
Description
The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfiltersubsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.
See more information about CVE-2016-4998 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
CVSS v2.0 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 5.6 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3618 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.11.2.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3617 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.10.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3619 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2017-0036 | 2017-01-10 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3617 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3618 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3619 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.11.2.el7uek) | ELSA-2016-3617 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.10.el7uek) | ELSA-2016-3619 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-1847 | 2016-09-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3617 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3619 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0158 | 2016-11-15 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0133 | 2016-09-22 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0134 | 2016-09-22 |
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