CVE-2015-8569

Description

The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8569.html
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
• http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/676744240802750464
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79428
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034549
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292045
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/14/252
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8569

CWEs

CWE-200