CVE-2015-8569
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 28, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 15, 2015
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20151215 Re: CVE Request: Linux Kernel: information leak from getsocknamemailing-list
- USN-2886-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2890-3vendor-advisory
- 79428vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/676744240802750464
- SUSE-SU-2016:1102vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20151214 Information leak in pptp_bindmailing-list
- FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2074vendor-advisory
- USN-2890-2vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1
- 1034549vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292045
- USN-2890-1vendor-advisory
- DSA-3434vendor-advisory
- USN-2888-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:0911vendor-advisory
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