CVE-2016-4805 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel (before version 4.5.2), specifically within the ppp_generic.c driver, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, Oracle, and Red Hat. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption or a system crash, or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts, by manipulating network namespaces. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse_leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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