CVE-2016-7039

moderate-risk
Published 2016-10-16

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

Do I need to act?

~
1.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Linux Oracle

References (22)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.h...
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.htm...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372
Third Party Advisory https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944
Issue Tracking https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.h...
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.htm...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372
Third Party Advisory https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
and 2 more references
40
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low