CVE-2016-5244
Public on 2016-06-27
Modified on 2016-08-17
Description
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in function rds_inc_info_copy of file net/rds/recv.c. The last field "flags" of object "minfo" is not initialized. This can leak data previously at the flags location to userspace.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAQM Linux 1 | kernel | 2016-08-01 | ALAS-2016-726 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAQM Linux | CVSSv2 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |