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CVE ID: | CVE-2016-2550 |
Description: | The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file- descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312. |
Test IDs: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807454 |
Cross References: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2550 Debian Security Information: DSA-3503 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1 |