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CVE-2016-4951 Details

Description

The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/14/28	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/21/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/14/28	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/21/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 3.19, < 4.1.28 >= 4.2, < 4.4.14 >= 4.5, < 4.6.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	14.04 15.10 16.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
oracle linux	6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 27, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 15, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 14, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 24, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 24, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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