The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91451 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036171 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349886 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4998 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4998 cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-07-03T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.217Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4998

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-03T21:59:17.167

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:22:41.237

Link: CVE-2016-4998

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4998 - Bugzilla