WordPress component: A security weakness
WordPress component is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WordPress component
- Plugin slug
- Not applicable
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 22, 2017
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WordPress component to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption), obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write or read request involving the "RDMA protocol over infiniband" (aka Soft RoCE) technology.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary and upstream sources
- NVD record for CVE-2016-8636
- Upstream reference git.kernel.org
- Upstream reference kernel.org
- Upstream reference openwall.com
- Upstream reference securityfocus.com
- Upstream reference bugzilla.redhat.com
- Upstream reference eyalitkin.wordpress.com
- GitHub upstream reference github.com
- Upstream reference git.kernel.org
- Upstream reference kernel.org
- Upstream reference openwall.com
- Upstream reference securityfocus.com
- Upstream reference bugzilla.redhat.com
- Upstream reference eyalitkin.wordpress.com
- GitHub upstream reference github.com