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HistoryDec 03, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

2015-12-0300:00:00
ubuntu.com
44

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

4.7 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • linux-lts-trusty - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty

Details

It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel
performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2015-5283)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel’s keyring handler attempted
to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2015-7872)

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

4.7 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%