CVE-2015-8569

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 28 Dec 2015, 11:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
9/100
CVSS Score
2.3 LOW
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Dec 2015, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•LOW•Score: 2.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 3%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.3.2

References (18)