CVE-2015-8956

2016-10-1000:00:00

ubuntu.com

6.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

3.6 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux
kernel before 4.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information or
cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving
a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket.

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