CVE-2015-5707
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.6
Description
Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.1.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.1.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.1.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.1.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.1.3-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 4.1.0 | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.04 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=451a2886b6bf90e2fb378f7c46c655450fb96e81
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdc81f45e9f57858da6351836507fbcf1b7583ee
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00032.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76145
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033521
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2733-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2734-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2737-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2738-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2750-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250030
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/451a2886b6bf90e2fb378f7c46c655450fb96e81
CWEs
CWE-190
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