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CVE-2015-3636

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

It was found that the Linux kernel's ping socket implementation did not properly handle socket unhashing during spurious disconnects, which could lead to a use-after-free flaw. On x86-64 architecture systems, a local user able to create ping sockets could use this flaw to crash the system. On non-x86-64 architecture systems, a local user able to create ping sockets could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.0
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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 6.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C