CVE-2016-3137

4.6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Novell
Status
Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud
Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 May 2016

Summary

drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both an interrupt-in and an interrupt-out endpoint descriptor, related to the cypress_generic_port_probe and cypress_open functions.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016...
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/14/3
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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