CVE-2015-5283

2015-10-1900:00:00

ubuntu.com

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.3%

JSON

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before
4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which
allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory
corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1499609>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-70.113UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.04noarchlinux< 3.19.0-37.42UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-71.114~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-37.42~14.04.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-70.113	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	15.04	noarch	linux	< 3.19.0-37.42	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-71.114~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-utopic	< 3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-vivid	< 3.19.0-37.42~14.04.1	UNKNOWN