CVE-2015-8569

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8569
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8569.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8569
Related
Published
2015-12-28T11:59:07Z
Modified
2024-09-18T01:00:22Z
Severity
  • 2.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) pptpbind and (2) pptpconnect 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.3-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.3-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.3-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}