CVE-2015-1421

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-01-22

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation handled authentication key reference counting during INIT collisions. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.

See more information about CVE-2015-1421 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3020	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3021	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.3.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3021	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.3.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3021	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.1.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3019	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-0864	2015-04-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3019	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3020	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3021	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.3.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3021	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.3.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3021	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.1.2.el7uek)	ELSA-2015-3019	2015-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-0726	2015-03-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3019	2015-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2015-0040	2015-04-06

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