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CVE-2015-8785

Date: February 7, 2016

The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers a zero length for the first segment of an iov.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (18)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8785

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8785

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8785

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81688

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290642

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8785

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-8785

Date: February 7, 2016

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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