CVE-2016-3699

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by appending ACPI tables to the initrd.

The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by appending ACPI tables to the initrd.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-10-07 14:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2018-01-05 02:30:00

Affected Software

RedHat Enterprise MRG 2.0

2.0

Linux Kernel

Red Hat Linux 7.2

7.2

References

RHSA-2016:2574

RHSA-2016:2584

[oss-security] 20160922 kernel: ACPI table override is allowed when securelevel is enabled

Third Party Advisory

93114

Broken Link

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329653

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/a4a5ed2835e8ea042868b7401dced3f517cafa76

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