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SUSE: CVE-2016-7039: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7039: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/22/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 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 large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1
  • CVE-2016-7039
  • USN-3098-1
  • USN-3098-2
  • USN-3099-1
  • USN-3099-2
  • USN-3099-3
  • USN-3099-4
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