ghsa-f2rr-m524-j23q
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:39
Modified
2022-05-17 03:39
Details

The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6187"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-08-06T20:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.",
  "id": "GHSA-f2rr-m524-j23q",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T03:39:45Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:39:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6187"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096ca"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354383"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096ca"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel\u0026m=146793642811929\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91696"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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