CVSS 3.0
8.1 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-3707
High (8.1). EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The icmp_check_sysrq function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the kernel.org projects/rt patches for the Linux kernel, as used in the kernel-rt package before 3.10.0-327.22.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 7 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute SysRq commands via crafted ICMP Echo Request packets, as demonstrated by a brute-force attack to discover a cookie, or an attack that occurs after reading the local icmp_echo_sysrq file.
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-284
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel-rt
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_for_nfv
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1301