CVE-2016-9569 Denial of service in n/a
Local administrators can crash the system via an out-of-bounds read in the Carbon Black cbstream.sys driver using a specific IOCTL call.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9569?
CVE-2016-9569 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The cbstream.sys driver in Carbon Black 5.1.1.60603 allows local users with admin privileges to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a large counter value in an 0x62430028 IOCTL call.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9569?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Carbonblack Carbon Black.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9569?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9569 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-2016-9569 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9569 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xx4-rhcp-hfhm.