7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-7039
Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability (IP Stack GRO Path)
Description

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 16, 2016, 9:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:57 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-7039 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7039 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle linux
2 Oracle vm_server
1 Linux linux_kernel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-7039.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 Third Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ Issue Tracking Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 Third Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ Issue Tracking Patch

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Aug. 30, 2017, 2:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 1269 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-7039 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-7039 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372
    Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944
    Added Reference https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List, Patch http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 No Types Assigned https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.8.2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0 up to (excluding) 4.1.37 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2 up to (excluding) 4.4.32 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.8.8
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93476 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ No Types Assigned https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-399
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375944 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ No Types Assigned https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 Mailing List, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-399
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-7039 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-7039 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.51 }} -0.34%

score

0.76347

percentile

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