It was found that the Linux kernel did not properly account file descriptors passed over the unix socket against the process limit. A local user could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2584
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-02-08
Updated: 2023-02-02
Type: CWE-119
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.5
Severity: MEDIUM