Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2016-1263 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
pcre (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU146
Risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1263
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause the target system to crash.
The vulnerability exists due to state error in Juniper Junos. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a kernel crash by sending a specially crafted UDP packet destined to the target interface IP address on a 64-bit system.
32-bit systems are not affected.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionspcre (Alpine package): 8.35-r2 - 8.38-r0
CPE2.3https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c58cc10617a25816b6be491359d820a8ef08e240
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1e4709887b69db528ad1b8d34d303e1eb6f464dc
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ae07363ba5d06022ffa7d161ab322fae828b7600
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=dc49e78d743a23b436e3b37a722f73b7aa01e0ea
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1cabd618771bbdcfb71da232ac9b9d5719e62ec3
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.