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HistoryNov 28, 2016 - 3:01 a.m.

CVE-2016-8632

2016-11-2803:01:00
redhat
www.cve.org
6

AI Score

8.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.