vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-8645
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 28, 2016 | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 14, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 28, 2016
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 14, 2025
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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