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CVE-2015-8569

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Date: December 28, 2015

The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

Language: C

Severity Score

2.3

Related Resources (22)

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/14/252

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8569

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/11

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79428

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

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034549

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8569

Url: http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/676744240802750464

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8569

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292045

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8569

Severity Score

2.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.3
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	HIGH
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2015-8569

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Date: December 28, 2015

Language: C

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Related Resources (22)

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CVSS v2

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