CVE-2016-2085

Published on: 04/27/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:15 PM UTC

CVE-2016-2085

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Certain versions of Linux Kernel from Linux contain the following vulnerability:

The evm_verify_hmac function in security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly copy data, which makes it easier for local users to forge MAC values via a timing side-channel attack.

CVE-2016-2085 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 5.5 - MEDIUM

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
LOCAL	LOW	LOW	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	NONE	HIGH	NONE

CVSS2 Score: 2.1 - LOW

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
NONE	PARTIAL	NONE

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
CVE-2016-2085 in Ubuntu	people.canonical.com text/html	CONFIRM people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2085.html
USN-2947-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2947-3
USN-2947-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2947-1
1324867 – (CVE-2016-2085) CVE-2016-2085 kernel: timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux Extended Verification Module	bugzilla.redhat.com text/html	CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324867
USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2948-2
USN-2946-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2946-1
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree	Vendor Advisory git.kernel.org text/html	CONFIRM git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
USN-2946-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2946-2
CVE-2016-2085	security-tracker.debian.org text/html	CONFIRM security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2085
EVM: Use crypto_memneq() for digest comparisons · torvalds/[email protected] · GitHub	Patch Vendor Advisory github.com text/html	CONFIRM github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1
USN-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2948-1
USN-2947-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2947-2
USN-2949-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-2949-1

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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Linux	Linux Kernel	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

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