SB2015101905 - Buffer overflow in Linux kernel sctp
Published: October 19, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015101905
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5283)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the sctp_v4_del_protocol(), sctp_net_init(), sctp_net_exit(), sctp_init() and sctp_exit() functions in net/sctp/protocol.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html