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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-10229: Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Apr 4, 2017

Added

Oct 1, 2024

Modified

Mar 25, 2026

Description

udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-linux-grsec

References

CVE-2016-10229
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-10229
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-10229
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-1414
CWE-358
EUVD-EUVD-2016-1414

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