CVE-2015-5706

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 None
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the path_openat function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x before 4.0.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via O_TMPFILE filesystem operations that leverage a duplicate cleanup operation.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-5706
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2015-08-31T10:59:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-13T14:15:32
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0 3.19.8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.0 4.0.4
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624 Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76142 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1 Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5706
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5706
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:22:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 06:11:06 2015-08-31T10:59Z 2015-08-31T10:59:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 06:11:06 2020-08-13T14:15:32 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 06:11:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated