CVE-2016-10229
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.
How to fix CVE-2016-10229
To remediate CVE-2016-10229, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/linux-grsec—upgrade to 4.1.39-r0 or later
- Debian/linux—upgrade to 4.5.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-10229 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.1.39-r0
- from 0, < 4.5.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |