CVE-2016-4485 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-4485?

CVE-2016-4485 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a message.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4485?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4485?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-4485 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4485, GHSA-hqhf-q79j-98h4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4485.