vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-7039: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-762)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2016-10-16 | 2016-11-11 | 2022-10-14 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2016-10-16
Added
2016-11-11
Modified
2022-10-14
Description
The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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