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CVE-2015-8569 (GCVE-0-2015-8569)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-28 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:20
VLAI
Summary
The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2015-12-14 00:00
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