CVE-2016-4951

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 23 May 2016, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 May 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.

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: 0.11%• Percentile: 30%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.28 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.14 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.6.3

  • oracle•linux

    6

References (15)