CVE-2015-7990

Race condition in the rds_sendmsg function in net/rds/sendmsg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6937.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2015-7990

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2015-12-28T11:59:04

• Last Modified Date
• 2018-10-17T01:29:32

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

• Access Vector
• LOCAL

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 5.9

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 3.4

• Impact Score
• 8.5

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• LOW

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• LOW

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 5.8

• Base Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 1

• Impact Score
• 4.7