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CVE-2016-4998

Public on 2016-06-24
Modified on 2017-01-19
Description

An out-of-bounds heap memory access leading to a Denial of Service, heap disclosure, or further impact was found in setsockopt(). The function call is normally restricted to root, however some processes with cap_sys_admin may also be able to trigger this flaw in privileged container environments.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-06-24 22:21 ALAS-2016-718

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H