PT-2015-6872 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5
Martin Prpič
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Published
2015-06-23
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Updated
2018-01-05
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CVE-2015-5366
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.0.6
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an EPOLLET epoll application read outage, via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet. This is achieved through the
udp recvmsg and udpv6 recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.0.6, update to version 4.0.6 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu