ALT-PU-2016-2327-1
Package kernel-image-un-def updated to version 4.8.10-alt1 for branch sisyphus in task 172573.
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2016-11-28
Modified: 2025-04-12
Modified: 2025-04-12
CVE-2016-8645
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
Severity: MEDIUM (4.9)
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: MEDIUM (5.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3