| Revision Date: | 2016-11-16 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2016-7916 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium. | | Description: | Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the procfs environ_read function in the Linux kernel, leading to an integer underflow. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2016-7916
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed. AND Package Information
The 'linux' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.13.0-106.153').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1002.2').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR The 'linux-lts-vivid' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.19.0-78.86~14.04.1').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR The 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-24.43~14.04.1').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
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