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CVE-2016-8666
Published: Oct 16, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2016:2107
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0372
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
x_refsource_CONFIRM
93562
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2016:2047
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2016:2110
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[oss-security] 20161013 CVE Request: another recursion in GRE
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2017:0004
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384991
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001486
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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