CVE-2016-8632

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-11-07
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernelthrough 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0056	2017-03-31