PT-2016-5216 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Hendrik Schwartke + 2 · Published 2016-02-29 · Updated 2022-01-31 · CVE-2016-2782

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5

Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a system crash, by inserting a USB device that lacks specific endpoints.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5, update to version 4.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1262

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CVE-2016-2782

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2144-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1019-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1

USN-2929-1

USN-2929-2

USN-2930-1

USN-2930-2

USN-2930-3

USN-2932-1

USN-2948-1

USN-2948-2

USN-2967-1

USN-2967-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 455

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/netfilter_priv_esc_ipv4.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/wpengfei/CVE-2016-6516-exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39539 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312670 · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cac9b50b0d75a1d50d6c056ff65c005f3224c8e0 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2948-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2782 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2069 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2929-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 · Vendor Advisory