CVE-2015-8569

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-12-14
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions indrivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.7
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el6uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0057	2017-03-31