CVE-2016-6241
Published on: 03/07/2017 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:11 PM UTC
Certain versions of Openbsd from Openbsd contain the following vulnerability:
Integer overflow in the amap_alloc1 function in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a large size value.
- CVE-2016-6241 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 7.8 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | LOW | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 7.2 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
COMPLETE | COMPLETE | COMPLETE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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OpenBSD 5.9 Errata | Release Notes www.openbsd.org text/html |
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OpenBSD 5.8 Errata | Release Notes www.openbsd.org text/html |
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OpenBSD Multiple Memory Corruption and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | cve.report (archive) text/html |
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OpenBSD sys_mmap() Resource Bug Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker | www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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oss-security - Multiple Bugs in OpenBSD Kernel | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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oss-security - Re: Multiple Bugs in OpenBSD Kernel | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Openbsd | Openbsd | 5.8 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Openbsd | Openbsd | 5.9 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Openbsd | Openbsd | 5.8 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Openbsd | Openbsd | 5.9 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE