Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4485

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4485.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date May 23, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.77%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4485: The llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a message.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/26 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90015 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333309 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/26 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90015 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333309 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4485 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.