Improper Access Control Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.6.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005338
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Jun 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-1237  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.6.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control nfsd in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allows local users to bypass intended file-permission restrictions by setting a POSIX ACL, related to nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c, and nfs4acl.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1