Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:4.1.12-61.1.25.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.75% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDOC-2520675
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Oct 2016

Introduced: 16 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-8666  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:4.1.12-61.1.25.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3508.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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