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CVE-2016-2847

CVSS v3.0 6.2 (Medium)
62% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.14 % (51th)
0.14% Progress
Affected Products 9
Advisories 25
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fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.

Weaknesses
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2016-04-27 17:59:21
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-09-12 14:55:31
(12 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Novell

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.4.8 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.4.8

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 Extra cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:extra
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:sp1