Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.3.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005520
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-8575  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.3.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The sco_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.4 does 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1