CVE-2015-8569
low
CVSS v3
2.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.3
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
25%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.3.3-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.3.3-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.3.3-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.3.3-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.3.3-3 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8569.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/676744240802750464
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79428
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034549
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292045
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/14/252
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8569
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.