CVE-2015-7799
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
4.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 does not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call.
Affected configurations
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/10/3
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77033
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033809
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-3
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2844-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271134
code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=187973
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
4.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%