SB2016101006 - Red Hat update for kernel
Published: October 10, 2016 Updated: May 27, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101006
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7039)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the IP stack due to stack consumption. A remote attacker can trigger use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.