CVE-2016-7917 (GCVE-0-2016-7917)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-16 04:49 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
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Summary
The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Severity
5.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-04-27 00:00
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