CVE-2016-8399
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31349935.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 4.1.37 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94708
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0869
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23030550?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8399.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8399
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.