[USN-3266-2] Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

Severity Medium
Affected Packages 4
CVEs 1

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

USN-3266-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.10.
This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware
Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Alexander Popov discovered that a race condition existed in the Stream
Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation in the Linux kernel. A
local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-extra-4.8.0-49-generic?distro=xenial ubuntu linux-image-extra-4.8.0-49-generic < 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.8.0-49-lowlatency?distro=xenial ubuntu linux-image-4.8.0-49-lowlatency < 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.8.0-49-generic?distro=xenial ubuntu linux-image-4.8.0-49-generic < 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.8.0-49-generic-lpae?distro=xenial ubuntu linux-image-4.8.0-49-generic-lpae < 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1 xenial
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories Exploits PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
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