PT-2016-5388 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Solar Designer · Published 2016-04-12 · Updated 2023-09-12 · CVE-2016-3156

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.2

Description The issue concerns the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel, which fails to properly handle the destruction of device objects. This allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a host OS networking outage, by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.2, update to version 4.5.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1352

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CESA-2016_2574

CVE-2016-3156

DSA-3607-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1382-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2144-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2290-1

RHSA-2016:2574

RHSA-2016:2584

RHSA-2016_2574

RHSA-2016_2584

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-2965-1

USN-2965-2

USN-2965-3

USN-2965-4

USN-2968-1

USN-2968-2

USN-2969-1

USN-2970-1

USN-2971-1

USN-2971-2

USN-2971-3

USN-2996-1

USN-2997-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 466

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/netfilter_priv_esc_ipv4.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/bpf_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/wpengfei/CVE-2016-6516-exploit · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3156 · 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-2016-3138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2969-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2968-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1 · Vendor Advisory