Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-7916 First vendor Publication 2016-11-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-01-18

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.7 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7916

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-362 Race Condition

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 2578

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1089.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-21 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0494-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-10 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0437-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-31 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0333-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3159-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3160-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3160-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1431.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
CONFIRM http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=814...
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.4
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116461
https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4363
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8148a73c9901a8794a50f950083c00ccf97d...
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3159-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3159-2

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