CVE - CVE-2016-5696

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-5696	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 does not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack.
References
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BID:91704 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91704 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758 CONFIRM:http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM:https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa131 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354708 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758 CONFIRM:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10167 CONFIRM:https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-5696 MISC:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mitnick-attack-reappears-at-geekpwn-macau-contest-300270779.html MISC:https://github.com/Gnoxter/mountain_goat MISC:https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1461-security-advisory-23 MISC:https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity16/sec16_paper_cao.pdf MLIST:[oss-security] 20160712 Re: CVE-2016-5389: linux kernel - challange ack information leak. URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/2 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1631 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1631.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1632 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1632.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1633 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1633.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1657 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1657.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1664 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1664.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1814 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1814.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1815 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1815.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1939 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1939.html SECTRACK:1036625 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036625 UBUNTU:USN-3070-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 UBUNTU:USN-3070-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 UBUNTU:USN-3070-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 UBUNTU:USN-3070-4 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 UBUNTU:USN-3071-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1 UBUNTU:USN-3071-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2 UBUNTU:USN-3072-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1 UBUNTU:USN-3072-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160616	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160616)
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