CVE-2015-6937

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6937DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6937
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 28
Modified
Published: 19 Oct 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 07:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.52% LOW
1% probability +0.48%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Oct 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 07:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.52%• Percentile: 43%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04

  • debian•linux

    < 4.2.1-1 | < 4.2.1-1 | < 4.2.1-1 | < 4.2.1-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-66.108

  • 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

    < 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.2.3

References (42)