Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4998

Title: Oracle Linux Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4998.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Jul 03, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.1 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.89%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.

Impacted Vendors

O
oracle 1
L
linux 1
C
cyrix 1
C
conectiva 1
S
sun 1
U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1883.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91451 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036171 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349886 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1883.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91451 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036171 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349886 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4998 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 LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.