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CVE-2015-3331

Public on 2015-05-14
Modified on 2015-05-14
Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Intel AES-NI instructions optimized version of the RFC4106 GCM mode decryption functionality handled fragmented packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash, or potentially escalate their privileges on, a system over a connection with an active AES-GCM mode IPSec security association.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2015-05-14 14:27 ALAS-2015-523

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C