PT-2016-6185 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Baozeng Ding · Published 2016-05-23 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-4951

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7

Description The issue is related to the tipc nl publ dump function in the Linux kernel, which does not verify socket existence. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a dumpit operation.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7, update to version 4.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1641

ALT-PU-2016-1642

CVE-2016-4951

MGASA-2016-0271

MGASA-2016-0283

MGASA-2016-0284

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1641-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2290-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1

USN-3016-1

USN-3016-2

USN-3016-3

USN-3016-4

USN-3017-1

USN-3017-2

USN-3017-3

USN-3020-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 139

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3016-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4997 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3016-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4569 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4482 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4951 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4913 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3020-1 · Vendor Advisory