UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8645

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8645

    Published: 27 Nov 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8645
    Aliases:
    USN-3161-1
    USN-3161-2
    USN-3161-3

    Summary:

    Details: The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8645, http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=147881236332369&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3162-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3162-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3290-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8645

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-119.166

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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
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