CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-3156

Published: Apr 27, 2016 | Modified: Sep 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit Novell 11.0-sp4 (including) 11.0-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo Novell 11.0-sp4 (including) 11.0-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension Novell 11.0-sp4 (including) 11.0-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension Novell 12.0-sp1 (including) 12.0-sp1 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Novell 11.0-extra (including) 11.0-extra (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Novell 11.0-sp4 (including) 11.0-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension Novell 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)

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