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CVE-2015-8019

Date: May 2, 2016

The skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel 3.14.54 and 3.18.22 does not accept a length argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write system call followed by a recvmsg system call.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276588
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8019
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/530642/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77326
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/11
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8019
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8019

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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