CVE-2016-5320

Description

[REJECTED CVE] This CVE has been rejected. This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2016-5314. Note: All CVE users should reference CVE-2016-5314 instead of this candidate.

Statement

Also, please note that, this issue has already been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHSA-2016:1547 and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 via RHSA-2016:1546 as listed under affected packages and Security Errata.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.3N/AN/A
Attack VectorNetworkN/AN/A
Attack ComplexityLowN/AN/A
Privileges RequiredNoneN/AN/A
User InteractionRequiredN/AN/A
ScopeUnchangedN/AN/A
ConfidentialityLowN/AN/A
Integrity ImpactLowN/AN/A
Availability ImpactLowN/AN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-787

Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Write operations could cause memory corruption. In some cases, an adversary can modify control data such as return addresses in order to execute unexpected code.

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Attempting to access out-of-range, invalid, or unauthorized memory could cause the product to crash.

Other

Technical Impact: Unexpected State

Subsequent write operations can produce undefined or unexpected results.

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