#VU1013 Denial of service in Oracle products - CVE-2016-6327

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1013

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6327

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Oracle Linux
Oracle VM Server for x86

Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Oracle

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness is caused by drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c. By using an ABORT_TASK command attackers can abort a device write operation that leads to NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

Update to version 4.5.1.

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354525
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html