| Revision Date: | 2016-04-27 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2016-2550 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium. | | Description: | The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312. David Herrmann discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly accounted file descriptors to the original opener for in-flight file descriptors sent over a unix domain socket. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion).
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2016-2550
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-11.26').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1001.10').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-flo' package in xenial is not affected.
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gke' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1003.3').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-goldfish' package in xenial is not affected.
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-mako' package in xenial is not affected.
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1004.5').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1012.12').
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