Data handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-1573
Published: May 2, 2016 / Updated: January 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92469
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-2015-1573
CWE-ID: CWE-19
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 data handling error within the nft_flush_table() function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1573
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72552
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190966
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac