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CVE-2016-3951

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attack

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00062
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Affected Products & Versions

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canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
novell suse linux enterprise software development kitall versions
suse linux enterprise software development kitall versions
novell suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
novell suse linux enterprise live patchingall versions
novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloudall versions
novell suse linux enterprise real time extensionall versions
novell suse linux enterprise serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 May 2016 · 10:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

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android-securityANDROID-2016-09-01High
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1764-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1696-1
usnUSN-3021-2
usnUSN-3021-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1666984c8625b3db19a9abc298931d35ab7bc64bVendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d06dd537f95683aba3651098ae288b7cbff8274Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
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