Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-8575

 

Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-8575

Published: February 8, 2016 / Updated: November 4, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92475
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8575
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the sco_sock_bind() function in net/bluetooth/sco.c. A local non-authenticated attacker can gain access to sensitive information.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-8575

Install update from vendor's repository.

Sources