CVE-2015-5283

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-09-22

Description

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernelbefore 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

See more information about CVE-2015-5283 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:	4.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local 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 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3101	2015-11-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3101	2015-11-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2015-3101	2015-11-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-2152	2015-11-24
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3101	2015-11-27
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2015-0150	2015-11-30

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