CVE-2016-2053
Description
A syntax vulnerability was discovered in the kernel's ASN1.1 DER decoder, which could lead to memory corruption or a complete local denial of service through x509 certificate DER files. A local system user could use a specially created key file to trigger BUG_ON() in the public_key_verify_signature() function (crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c), to cause a kernel panic and crash the system.
Statement
This issue does not affect the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6.
This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, MRG and realtime kernels.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.9 | 4.7 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Access Complexity | Low | Medium | N/A |
| Authentication | None | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Complete | Complete | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Availability
Technical Impact: Unexpected State; DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
If an input is syntactically invalid, then processing the input could place the system in an unexpected state that could lead to a crash, consume available system resources or other unintended behaviors.
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson (Samsung) for reporting this issue.
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