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CVE-2015-8956

Date: October 10, 2016

The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket.

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8956
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=951b6a0717db97ce420547222647bcc40bf1eacd
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93326
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8956
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8956
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/951b6a0717db97ce420547222647bcc40bf1eacd
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8956

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

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): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

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