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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-5696: kernel security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 6, 2016
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Apr 1, 2026

Description

net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 does not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack.

Solutions

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