UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6187
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Summary:
Details: The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6187, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6187
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux-hwe
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1
Affected versions
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
