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CVE-2016-2847

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Date: April 27, 2016

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (32)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2847

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2847

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2847

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2847

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-2847

Good to know:

Date: April 27, 2016

Language: C

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Related Resources (32)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v2

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