CVE-2015-8964

2016-11-1600:00:00

ubuntu.com

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

7.1 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

30.7%

JSON

The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux
kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from
kernel memory by reading a tty data structure.

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< 3.13.0-125.174UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux< 4.4.0-57.78UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-xenial< 4.4.0-57.78~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-raspi2< 4.4.0-1038.45UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-snapdragon< 4.4.0-1042.46UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.10noarchlinux-snapdragon< 4.4.0-1046.50UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-125.174	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux	< 4.4.0-57.78	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-xenial	< 4.4.0-57.78~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-raspi2	< 4.4.0-1038.45	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-snapdragon	< 4.4.0-1042.46	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.10	noarch	linux-snapdragon	< 4.4.0-1046.50	UNKNOWN