CVE-2016-8658
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8658
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8658.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8658
- Related
- Published
- 2016-10-16T21:59:13Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T01:00:21Z
- Severity
-
- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmfcfg80211start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.
- References
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93541
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8658
Affected packages
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source