Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2015-8767

Disclosure Date: February 08, 2016
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Description

net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted sctp_accept call.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.2 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
2.5
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • linux

Products

  • debian linux 7.0,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • linux kernel,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 15.10

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