CVE-2016-3135

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Integer overflow in the xt_alloc_table_info function in net/netfilter/x_tables.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt call.

CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux

First reported 8 years ago

2016-04-27 17:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 02:07:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d157bd761585605b7882935ffb86286919f62ea1

Vendor Advisory

84305

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

USN-2930-1

Third Party Advisory

USN-2930-2

Third Party Advisory

USN-2930-3

Third Party Advisory

USN-3054-1

Third Party Advisory

USN-3055-1

Third Party Advisory

USN-3056-1

Third Party Advisory

USN-3057-1

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317386

Issue Tracking

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=758

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d157bd761585605b7882935ffb86286919f62ea1

Vendor Advisory

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