CVE-2015-8785

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 6.2
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8785
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-02-08T03:59:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-31T17:52:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-835 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.4
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.2
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290642 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81688 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8785
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8785
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:35:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:16:36 2016-02-08T03:59Z 2016-02-08T03:59:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:16:36 2022-01-31T17:52:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:16:36 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated