CVE-2016-4998
HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.9%
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.
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 7.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 5.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C - EPSS
- 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 79th percentile
- Published
- 2016-07-03
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
Metasploit modules (1)
Security advisories
- torvalds/linux/commit/6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- 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
- 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