CVE-2015-5366

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5366DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5366
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 27
Modified
Published: 31 Aug 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:41

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
5.43% LOW
5% probability -4.28%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Aug 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 5.43%• Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.0.7-1 | < 4.0.7-1 | < 4.0.7-1 | < 4.0.7-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-58.97

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-44.59~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.0.5

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    6.5

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