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CVE-2016-4805

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Date: May 23, 2016

Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4805

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4805

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4805

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4805

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4805

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-4805

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Date: May 23, 2016

Language: C

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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