CVE-2016-3707
The icmp_check_sysrq function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the kernel.org projects/rt patches for the Linux kernel, as used in the kernel-rt package before 3.10.0-327.22.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 7 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute SysRq commands via crafted ICMP Echo Request packets, as demonstrated by a brute-force attack to discover a cookie, or an attack that occurs after reading the local icmp_echo_sysrq file.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 8.1 High
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2016-06-27
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Affected products
- Linux Kernel-rt (Linux)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension (Novell)
- Enterprise Linux For Real Time (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv (Redhat)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1301
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1341
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327484
