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CVE-2016-4805
CVE-2016-4805
PUBLISHED
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.
EPSS 0.13% · 31.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.13%
31.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 0, 4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1, 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1, 3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1, 3.19.0-30.34~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 4.4.0-13.29, 4.3.0-5.16, 4.3.0-6.17 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1012.12, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 4.2.0-1014.21, 4.2.0-1013.19, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-65.106, 3.13.0-70.113, 3.13.0-67.110 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-wily | *, *, * |
Timeline
- May 23, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4805 third-party-advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/346 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3021-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3021-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4805 third-party-advisory