CVE-2016-0758

Public on 2016-05-18
Modified on 2016-05-18
Description
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's ASN.1 DER decoder processed certain certificate files with tags of indefinite length. A local, unprivileged user could use a specially crafted X.509 certificate DER file to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-05-18 ALAS-2016-703 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2016-0758 Mitre: CVE-2016-0758