Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.36.2.el7
Threat Intelligence
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-4635145
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 13 Oct 2016
Introduced: 13 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-8666 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-kdump-devel to version 0:3.10.0-327.36.2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2047.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93562
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384991
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001486
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8666
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0004.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2047