ghsa-w67r-pc7p-x294
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:49
Modified
2022-05-14 03:49
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-2550"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-04-27T17:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.",
  "id": "GHSA-w67r-pc7p-x294",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:49:16Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:49:16Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}


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