vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-7916
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | 2016-11-16 | 2025-01-20 | 2025-02-04 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
2016-11-16
Added
2025-01-20
Modified
2025-02-04
Description
Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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