PT-2016-6699 · Fortinet+6 · Fortios+6

Published 2016-06-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5829

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 4.6.3 FortiOS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the Linux kernel, specifically in the hiddev ioctl usage function. This can be exploited by local users through crafted ioctl calls, such as HIDIOCGUSAGES or HIDIOCSUSAGES, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts. Additionally, there is a mention of a vulnerability in FortiOS, but details are not provided.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.3: Update to a version newer than 4.6.3 to resolve the issue. For FortiOS: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1795

ALT-PU-2016-1796

CESA-2016_2006

CESA-2016_2574

CVE-2016-5829

DLA-609-1

DSA-3616-1

MGASA-2016-0271

MGASA-2016-0283

MGASA-2016-0284

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1798-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2144-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2184-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1

RHSA-2016:2006

RHSA-2016:2574

RHSA-2016:2584

RHSA-2016_2006

RHSA-2016_2574

RHSA-2016_2584

SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2018-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2174-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2175-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2177-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2178-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2179-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2180-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2181-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1

USN-3070-1

USN-3070-2

USN-3070-3

USN-3070-4

USN-3071-1

USN-3071-2

USN-3072-1

USN-3072-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Fortios

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 494

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93a2001bdfd5376c3dc2158653034c20392d15c5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2179-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5400 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2177-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5829 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5728 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0271.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3070-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5244 · Vendor Advisory