CVE-2016-5696

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5696
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5696.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5696
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Published
2016-08-06T20:59:05.690Z
Modified
2025-11-28T11:34:29.320470Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 does not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack.

References

Affected packages

Git

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758

github.com/torvalds/linux

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758