USN-2681-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 12 Downstream: 0
Published: 23 Jul 2015, 23:25
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jul 2015, 23:25
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

linux vulnerabilities A flaw was discovered in the user space memory copying for the pipe iovecs in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges. (CVE-2015-1805) A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4692) Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux kernel's BPF filter JIT optimization. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4700) A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums. (CVE-2015-5364) A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid checksum. (CVE-2015-5366) A double free flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's path lookup. A local user could cause a denial of service (Oops). (CVE-2015-5706)

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-58.97

References (7)