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F5 Networks: K23030550 (CVE-2016-8399): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2016-8399

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F5 Networks: K23030550 (CVE-2016-8399): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2016-8399

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/13/2017
Modified
02/01/2018

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31349935.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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