CVE-2016-4998

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Description

The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1883.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/5

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91451

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036171

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349886

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-07-03

Updated: 2019-12-27

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

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

Impact Score: 7.8

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 5.2

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 4.5.5 (inclusive)

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (47 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
125100EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1494)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
124972EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1519)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
101405Virtuozzo 6 : kernel / kernel-abi-whitelists / kernel-debug / etc (VZLSA-2017-0036)NessusVirtuozzo Local Security Checks
critical
99927openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-532)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
99811EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2016-1048)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
99163OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
97205SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
96903SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
96481Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20170110)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
96456CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2017:0036)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
96403RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:0036)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
96401Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0036)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
95536SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
94929OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0158) (Dirty COW)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
93709OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0134)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
93680OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0133)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
93678Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3619)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
93677Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3618)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
93676Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3617)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
93594CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2016:1847)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
93557Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20160915)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
93556RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2016:1875)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
93555RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:1847)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
93504RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2016:1883)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
93501Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2016-1847)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
93445openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1076)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
93370SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
93299SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
93216openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1029)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
93172SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:1710-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
93171SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:1709-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
92442Fedora 22 : kernel (2016-63ee0999e4)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
92256Fedora 23 : kernel (2016-73a733f4d9)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
92232Fedora 24 : kernel (2016-1c409313f4)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
91886Debian DSA-3607-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
91883Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities (USN-3020-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91882Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-3019-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91881Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-3018-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91880Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3018-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91879Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities (USN-3017-3)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91878Ubuntu 15.10 : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3017-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91877Ubuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3017-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91876Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities (USN-3016-4)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91875Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities (USN-3016-3)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91874Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3016-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91873Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3016-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91858Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2016-718)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
high