CVE-2016-6247 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows certain local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by unmounting a filesystem with an open vnode on the mnt_vnodelist.

Published: 2017-03-07

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.9:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7177	OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows certain local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by unmounting a filesystem with an open vnode on the mnt_vnodelist.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openbsd.org/errata58.html
http://www.openbsd.org/errata59.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/17/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91805

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-07T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.792Z

Reserved: 2016-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6247

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-07T16:59:00.697

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6247

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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