CVE-2015-5283
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.
Affected configurations
References
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283
Related
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%