Denial of service in Oracle Linux and macOS - CVE-2016-0778
Published: October 3, 2016 / Updated: January 12, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU719
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0778
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc.
Affected software:
Oracle Linux
macOS
Oracle Linux
macOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
The weakness is due to insufficient access control that allows attackers to cause the service deny.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to denial of service on the vulnerable system.
The weakness is due to insufficient access control that allows attackers to cause the service deny.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to denial of service on the vulnerable system.