CVE-2015-8569

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8569DEBIAN-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
0.48% LOW
0% probability +0.47%
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: 0.48%• Percentile: 41%

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

  • debian•linux

    < 4.3.3-3 | < 4.3.3-3 | < 4.3.3-3 | < 4.3.3-3

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-79.123

  • 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

    < 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-51.57~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-wily

    < 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.3.2

References (32)