Debian Releases Major Linux Kernel Security Update to Fix the Infamous TCP Flaw

Debian Project released recently a new update to the kernel packages of its current stable distribution, namely Debian GNU/Linux 8.5 "Jessie", patching four security flaws discovered by various hackers and researchers.

Salvatore Bonaccorso is the one to inform the community about the new Linux kernel security update for Debian Jessie via the Debian Security Advisory DSA-3659-1 announcement, which details a total of four security flaws, namely CVE-2016-5696, CVE-2016-6136, CVE-2016-6480, and CVE-2016-6828.

However, it appears that the most important one is CVE-2016-5696, describing a serious bug in Linux kernel's TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) implementation, whose Challenge ACK feature could have allowed an attacker to inject messages into the connections find between specific IP addresses.

"Where a service is made available through TCP, this may allow remote attackers to imper...

nmap -sV --script vuln -p- <target-network>

tail -f /var/log/suricata/fast.log | grep <cve>

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date: 2026-09-24
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