SUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:1596-1)
🗓️ 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 245 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux - ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ Privilege Escalation | 21 Jun 201600:00 | – | zdt | |
| CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2016:2124) (Dirty COW) | 31 Oct 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2016:2766) | 21 Nov 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-516-1 : linux security update | 20 Jun 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3607-1 : linux - security update | 29 Jun 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1535) | 14 May 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2222) | 21 Oct 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2588) | 25 Oct 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 24 : kernel (2016-1c409313f4) | 15 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 22 : kernel (2016-63ee0999e4) | 20 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851342");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-06-17 05:20:40 +0200 (Fri, 17 Jun 2016)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1583");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-01-17 21:40:00 +0000 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:1596-1)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA kernel was updated to fix one security
issue.
The following security bug was fixed:
- CVE-2016-1583: Prevent the usage of mmap when the lower file system does
not allow it. This could have lead to local privilege escalation when
ecryptfs-utils was installed and /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private was setuid
(bsc#983143).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"kernel on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_xref(name:"SUSE-SU", value:"2016:1596-1");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLED12\.0SP0|SLES12\.0SP0)");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLED12.0SP0") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default", rpm:"kernel-default~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-default-debuginfo~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-debugsource", rpm:"kernel-default-debugsource~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-devel", rpm:"kernel-default-devel~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-extra", rpm:"kernel-default-extra~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-extra-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-default-extra-debuginfo~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-syms", rpm:"kernel-syms~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen", rpm:"kernel-xen~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-xen-debuginfo~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-debugsource", rpm:"kernel-xen-debugsource~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-devel", rpm:"kernel-xen-devel~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-devel", rpm:"kernel-devel~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-macros", rpm:"kernel-macros~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-source", rpm:"kernel-source~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "SLES12.0SP0") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default", rpm:"kernel-default~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-base", rpm:"kernel-default-base~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-base-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-default-base-debuginfo~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-default-debuginfo~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-debugsource", rpm:"kernel-default-debugsource~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-devel", rpm:"kernel-default-devel~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-syms", rpm:"kernel-syms~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen", rpm:"kernel-xen~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-base", rpm:"kernel-xen-base~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-base-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-xen-base-debuginfo~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-xen-debuginfo~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-debugsource", rpm:"kernel-xen-debugsource~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-devel", rpm:"kernel-xen-devel~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-devel", rpm:"kernel-devel~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-macros", rpm:"kernel-macros~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-source", rpm:"kernel-source~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-man", rpm:"kernel-default-man~3.12.55~52.45.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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