CVE-2015-1783

high
Published 2017-08-11 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The prefix variable in the get_or_define_ns function in Lasso before commit 6d854cef4211cdcdbc7446c978f23ab859847cdd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1783

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://repos.entrouvert.org/lasso.git/commit/lasso/xml?id=6d854cef4211cdcdbc7446c978f23ab859847cdd

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199925

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.4.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.4.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.4.1-1
debian debiansidfixed2.4.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.4.1-1
fedora fedora20affected
fedora fedora21affected
fedora fedora22affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
entrouvertlasso{"endIncluding":"2.4.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.