Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-4167
Published: August 5, 2015 / Updated: December 22, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91189
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4167
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the fs/udf/inode.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-4167
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23b133bdc452aa441fcb9b82cbf6dd05cfd342d0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3290
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/02/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74963
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033187
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2631-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2632-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228204
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/23b133bdc452aa441fcb9b82cbf6dd05cfd342d0