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
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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