Name: CVE-2016-6187: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-6187, CWE-119, CWE-264, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.06037

The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 6, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-default	May 20, 2018	Aug 6, 2016
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Aug 6, 2016

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CVSS Details

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