CVE-2016-3695 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The einj_error_inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to simulate hardware errors and consequently cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.

The einj_error_inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to simulate hardware errors and consequently cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Linux

First reported 7 years ago

2017-12-29 15:29:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2018-01-10 16:44:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0 (7)

7.0

References

102327

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

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