CVE-2016-8666

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-10-13

Description

The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers tocause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.

See more information about CVE-2016-8666 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:	7.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.25.el6uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.25.el7uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0004	2017-01-12

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