vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2016-10147: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 18, 2017 | Feb 14, 2017 | Jun 21, 2018 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 18, 2017
Added
Feb 14, 2017
Modified
Jun 21, 2018
Description
crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).
Solution
suse-upgrade-kernel-default
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