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Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.5.0-15.2.1.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNEL-5106815
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 10 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-7039 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-674 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel to version 0:4.5.0-15.2.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0372.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High