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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-6480

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Publish Date : 2016-08-06 Last Update Date : 2018-01-04
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
4.7
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID 362

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
RHSA-2016:2574: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20162574 unix
RHSA-2016:2584: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20162584 unix
RHSA-2017:0817: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20170817 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2016-6480

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Linux Linux Kernel 4.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Linux Linux Kernel 1

- References For CVE-2016-6480

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
REDHAT RHSA-2017:0817
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214
BID 92214 Linux Kernel CVE-2016-6480 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability Release Date:2017-03-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466 CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2230
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
REDHAT RHSA-2016:2574
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
REDHAT RHSA-2016:2584
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2179
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2180
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded
BUGTRAQ 20160801 [CVE-2016-6480] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.5/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2181
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2174
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2178
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2177
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2175

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2016-6480

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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