CVE-2016-6350 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a sysctl call with a path starting with 10,9.

Published: 2017-03-07

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.9:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7273	OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a sysctl call with a path starting with 10,9.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00145.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c.diff?r1=1.248&r2=1.249
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c.diff?r1=1.9&r2=1.10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92140

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-07T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:19.154Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6350

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-07T16:59:00.790

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6350

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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