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CVE-2016-3841

Published: 06/08/2016 Updated: 02/04/2024
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.3 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.3
VMScore: 642
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel prior to 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call.

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Vendor Advisories

Red Hat: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 72 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Comm ...
Red Hat: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: linux vulnerabilities
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Red Hat: CVE-2016-3841
It was found that the Linux kernel's IPv6 implementation mishandled socket options A local attacker could abuse concurrent access to the socket options to escalate their privileges, or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call ...

References

CWE-264CWE-416http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92227http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2695.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2695https://usn.ubuntu.com/3083-2/https://nvd.nist.gov
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