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CVE-2016-6480 Detail

Description

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/06/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.1 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.4

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.7 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6480
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2016
NVD Last Modified:
01/04/2018