CVE-2015-1421
Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper handling of shared-key data.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.83% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0726.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0751.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1082.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72356Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032172Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196581Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0726.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0751.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1082.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.