Vulnerability CVE-2016-5244

Vulnerability CVE-2016-5244

Published: 2016-06-27

Description:

The rds_inc_info_copy function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading an RDS message.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

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

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
5/10	2.9/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	None	None

Affected software
SUSE -> Linux enterprise debuginfo
SUSE -> Suse linux enterprise software development kit
SUSE -> Linux enterprise desktop
SUSE -> Linux enterprise real time extension
SUSE -> Linux enterprise server
SUSE -> Linux enterprise workstation extension
SUSE -> Opensuse leap
SUSE -> Suse linux enterprise server
Redhat -> Enterprise linux
Linux -> Linux kernel
Fedoraproject -> Fedora

References:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbb

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/5

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91021

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041895

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343337

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbb

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629110/

Vulnerability CVE-2016-5244

The rds_inc_info_copy function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading an RDS message.

CWE-200

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

5/10

2.9/10

10/10

Remote

Low

No required

Partial

None

None

Affected software

References: