PT-2017-8991 · Illumos · Illumos

Robert Mustacchi · Published 2017-03-31 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2016-6560

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions illumos (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the bcopy() and bzero() implementations in illumos, which make signed instead of unsigned comparisons, allowing a system crash.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-195

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6560

Affected Products

Illumos

References · 5

• https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/5aaab1a49679c26dbcb6fb6dc25799950d70cc71 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6560 · Security Note
• https://illumos.org/issues/7488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6560 · Vendor Advisory
• https://openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos · Note