SB2016020301 - Denial of service in Linux Kernel
Published: February 3, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016020301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2550)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. A local attacker can bypass file-descriptor limits, trigger memory consumption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.