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CVE-2015-5707

Date: October 19, 2015

Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (31)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00029.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00026.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdc81f45e9f57858da6351836507fbcf1b7583ee

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/451a2886b6bf90e2fb378f7c46c655450fb96e81

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033521

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00032.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00027.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00031.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5707

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00030.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2738-1

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76145

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5707

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2737-1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2734-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5707

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2733-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2750-1

Url: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdc81f45e9f57858da6351836507fbcf1b7583ee

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/6

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00028.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=451a2886b6bf90e2fb378f7c46c655450fb96e81

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250030

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5707

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-5707

Date: October 19, 2015

Language: C

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