vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-8645: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 28, 2016 | Aug 28, 2019 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 28, 2016
Added
Aug 28, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
Solution(s)
centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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