#VU40222 Buffer overflow in Debian Linux - CVE-2016-5728 

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#VU40222 Buffer overflow in Debian Linux - CVE-2016-5728

Published: June 27, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40222
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5728
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Debian Linux
Software vendor:
Debian

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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