| Name | CVE-2016-5696 |
| Description | net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 does not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-609-1, DSA-3659-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.282-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.178-3 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.179-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 6.1.27-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.81-2 | DLA-609-1 | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.36-1+deb8u1 | DSA-3659-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.7.2-1 |
Introduced by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/282f23c6ee343126156dd41218b22ece96d747e3
Fixed by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758