vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-8666: 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) | Oct 16, 2016 | Nov 11, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 16, 2016
Added
Nov 11, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 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 packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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