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CVE-2015-5364

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Date: August 31, 2015

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (42)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239029

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032794

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00010.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.6

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1225

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1100.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0045.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/13

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html

Url: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5364

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2714-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75510

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5364

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2713-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5364

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html

Url: https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/605854034260426753

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1096.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1623.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5364

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-5364

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Date: August 31, 2015

Language: C

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Related Resources (42)

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CVSS v2

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