Vulnerability CVE-2016-4973
Published: 2017-06-07

Description:
Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Libssp 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759
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