CVE-2016-8105 Denial of service in Intel Ethernet Controller X710 family and Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 family
Attackers can cause denial of service in Intel Ethernet Controller X710 and XL710 drivers under specific layer 2 network configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8105?
CVE-2016-8105 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel Ethernet Controller X710 family and Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 family, published on 27 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Drivers for the Intel Ethernet Controller X710 and Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 families before version 22.0 are vulnerable to a denial of service in certain layer 2 network configurations.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8105?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Intel X710 Series Driver, Intel Xl710 Series Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8105?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8105 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-8105 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8105 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f9rm-8v2p-7jh3.