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Debian: CVE-2016-7917: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-7917: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/16/2016
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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