PT-2015-7813 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Dmitry Vyukov · Published 2015-12-15 · Updated 2017-11-04 · CVE-2015-8569

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

2.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.3.3

Description The issue is related to the pptp bind and pptp connect functions in the Linux kernel, which do not verify an address length. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.3.3, update to version 4.3.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2110

ALT-PU-2016-1485

CVE-2015-8569

DSA-3434-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0280-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0301-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0318-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0168-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1

USN-2886-1

USN-2886-2

USN-2888-1

USN-2890-1

USN-2890-2

USN-2890-3

USN-2907-1

USN-2907-2

USN-2910-1

USN-2910-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 323

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/overlayfs_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/fi01/CVE-2015-3636 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/android-rooting-tools/libpingpong_exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/nardholio/cve-2016-0728 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/a7vinx/CVE-2015-3636 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/askk/libping_unhash_exploit_POC · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Kagami/docker_cve-2015-2925 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/bittorrent3389/cve-2016-0728 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/betalphafai/cve-2015-3636_crash · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/neuschaefer/cve-2016-0728-testbed · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/geekben/cve-collections/blob/master/cve20160728poc.c · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/whu-enjoy/CVE-2015-8660 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2907-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8569 · Vendor Advisory