USN-3189-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 4 Downstream: 0
Published: 03 Feb 2017, 09:12
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Feb 2017, 09:12
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

linux, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities Mikulas Patocka discovered that the asynchronous multibuffer cryptographic daemon (mcryptd) in the Linux kernel did not properly handle being invoked with incompatible algorithms. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-10147) Qidan He discovered that the ICMP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check the size of an ICMP header. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-8399)

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 4.4.0-62.83

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1042.49

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1046.50

References (3)