vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-8666: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2017:0004)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2016-10-16 | 2017-01-04 | 2023-11-08 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2016-10-16
Added
2017-01-04
Modified
2023-11-08
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
redhat-upgrade-kernel
References
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