CVE-2016-5696

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

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

Events

Introduced

Last affected

c16fa4f2ad19908a47c63d8fa436a1178438c7e7

Introduced

Last affected

76e10d158efb6d4516018846f60c2ab5501900bc

Fixed

75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758

Database specific

{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.4"
        }
    ]
}

Type: GIT
Repo: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Fixed

75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5696.json"

unresolved_ranges

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    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.6.6"
            }
        ]
    }
]