PT-2017-8992 · Illumos · Illumos

Dan Vatca · Published 2017-03-31 · Updated 2017-05-02 · CVE-2016-6561

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows for a system crash due to a NULL pointer dereference in the smbsrv component.

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

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6561

Affected Products

Illumos

References · 6

• 🔥 https://illumos.org/issues/7483 · Exploit
• https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/6d1c73b5858fefc6161c7d686345f0dc887ea799 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6561 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6561 · Vendor Advisory
• https://openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98079 · Note