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LIN9-2798 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-8632

Created: Dec 15, 2016    Updated: May 29, 2018
Resolved Date: Jan 11, 2017
Found In Version: unknown
Fix Version: 9.0.0.2
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: Kernel

Description

The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-8632

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