FKIE_CVE-2016-3699

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-10-07 14:59 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/4Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93114Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329653Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/a4a5ed2835e8ea042868b7401dced3f517cafa76Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/4Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93114Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329653Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/a4a5ed2835e8ea042868b7401dced3f517cafa76Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel -
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.0
redhat linux 7.2
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