CVE-2015-8539

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Suse
Status
Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
Ubuntu Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 February 2016

Summary

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284450
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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