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HistoryDec 03, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

2015-12-0300:00:00
ubuntu.com
52

CVSS2

4.7

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

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.0%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • linux-lts-trusty - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty

Details

It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel
performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2015-5283)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernelโ€™s keyring handler attempted
to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2015-7872)

CVSS2

4.7

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

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.0%