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CVE-2016-4998

CVSS v3.0 7.1 (High)
71% Progress
CVSS v2.0 5.6 (Medium)
56% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 3
Advisories 24
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2016-07-03 21:59:17
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-12 23:22:41
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Linux

Oracle

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.5.5 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.5.5

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Oracle Linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts