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CVE-2016-4805

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
23/05/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse_leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.30 (including) 3.2.80 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.3 (including) 3.10.102 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.11 (including) 3.12.59 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.13 (including) 3.14.67 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.15 (including) 3.16.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.17 (including) 3.18.37 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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