CVE-2016-4998
Public on 2016-06-24
Modified on 2017-01-19
Description
An out-of-bounds heap memory access leading to a Denial of Service, heap disclosure, or further impact was found in setsockopt(). The function call is normally restricted to root, however some processes with cap_sys_admin may also be able to trigger this flaw in privileged container environments.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2016-06-24 | ALAS-2016-718 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |