CVE-2016-4951 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-4951?

CVE-2016-4951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4951?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Oracle Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4951?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-4951 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4951 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-2016-4951, GHSA-6wx6-p39m-8v66, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4951.