CVE-2016-5243
Public on 2016-06-27
Modified on 2016-08-17
Description
A leak of information was possible when issuing a netlink command of the stack memory area leading up to this function call. An attacker could use this to determine stack information for use in a later exploit.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2016-08-01 | ALAS-2016-726 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |