CVE-2015-8767
medium
CVSS v3
6.2
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.2
Description
net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted sctp_accept call.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
62%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.3.1-1 |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | affected | 4.3 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8767.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=635682a14427d241bab7bbdeebb48a7d7b91638e
- 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/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0715.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80268
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1277
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1301
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1341
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297389
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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