CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7039
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.
Affected configurations
• oracle linux 6
• oracle linux 7
• oracle vm server 3.4
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.0 < 4.1.37)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.32)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.8.8)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ Issue Tracking, Patch