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CVE-2015-6937

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Date: October 19, 2015

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (36)

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168539.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263139

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167358.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/14/3

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6937

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6937

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76767

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6937

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-6937

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html

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

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168447.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-6937

Severity Score

6.2

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
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:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-6937

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Date: October 19, 2015

Language: C

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