Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel-uek component in Oracle Linux 6 allows local…
Priority LOW 25Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel-uek component in Oracle Linux 6 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0034 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-0617
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-59cw-v5gm-4mrg
References
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- TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-04443 The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2014-02517 The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-00205 Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2016-0617 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-0617 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-59cw-v5gm-4mrg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-0617 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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