← All advisories

High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6560

CVE-2016-6560

Description

illumos osnet-incorporation bcopy() and bzero() implementations make signed instead of unsigned comparisons allowing a system crash.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

3

Illumos/Illumos2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:illumos:illumos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:illumos:illumos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
illumos/osnet-incorporationv5
Range: proir to osnet-incorporation@0.5.11,5.11-2016.0.1.15933

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

3

github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/5aaab1a49679c26dbcb6fb6dc25799950d70cc71nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.illumos.org/issues/7488nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/nvdThird Party Advisory

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.