SB2016082604 - Privilege escalation in Linux Kernel
Published: August 26, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016082604
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7097)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to the setgid bit being preserved during a setxattr call by the filesystem implementation. A local attacker can leverage the existence of a setgid program to gain group privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privileges escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.