CVE-2016-8666
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.70 % · percentile 92 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microfocus
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93562
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0004.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384991
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001486
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-9505
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-8666
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2021-AVI-669 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Moxa · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2017-AVI-016 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-402 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits BlueCoat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-362 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Suse · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.14 < 3.16.35cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.17 < 3.18.47cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.19 < 4.1.38cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.2 < 4.4.29cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.5 < 4.6
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |