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CVE-2017-15116

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Date: November 30, 2017

The rngapi_reset function in crypto/rng.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15116

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15116

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-15116

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
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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