CVE-2016-1583

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 38
Modified
Published: 27 Jun 2016, 10:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:02

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.42% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Jun 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive pagefault handling.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.42%• Percentile: 62%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.6.19, < 3.18.54 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.4.14 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.6.3

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    11.0:sp4

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

    12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching

    12.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud

    12

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    11.0:extra | 11.0:sp4 | 12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

    11.0:sp4 | 12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension

    12.0 | 12.0:sp1

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