CVE-2015-6937

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Description

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-10-19

Updated: 2018-10-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 4.2.3 (inclusive)

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (27 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124986EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1533)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
124812EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1488)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
medium
118190Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2018_SRU11_4_1_4_0NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
high
101324F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerability (K98102572)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
medium
100238OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0106)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
100235Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3567)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
99163OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
93289SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
88605openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-136)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
88545openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-124)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87651SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:2339-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
87391openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-879)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
87104SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:2108-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
86882OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0147)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
86881Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3098)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
86493Ubuntu 15.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2779-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86492Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities (USN-2778-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86468Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-2777-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86467Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2776-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86466Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2775-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86465Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2773-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86378SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel-source (SUSE-SU-2015:1727-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
86264Fedora 21 : kernel-4.1.8-100.fc21 (2015-16441)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
86263Fedora 22 : kernel-4.1.8-200.fc22 (2015-16440)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
86113Fedora 23 : kernel-4.2.1-300.fc23 (2015-16417)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
86050Debian DSA-3364-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
86049Debian DLA-310-1 : linux-2.6 security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high