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CVE-2016-8666 Detail

Current Description

The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 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 packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971 CVE, OpenText
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html CVE, OpenText
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html CVE, OpenText
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html CVE, OpenText
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0004.html CVE, OpenText
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/11 CVE, OpenText
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93562 CVE, OpenText
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 CVE, OpenText
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 CVE, OpenText
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384991 CVE, OpenText
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001486 CVE, OpenText
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971 CVE, OpenText

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8666
NVD Published Date:
10/16/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
OpenText