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Palo Alto Networks PAN-SA-2016-0025 (CVE-2015-5364): Kernel Vulnerabilities

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Palo Alto Networks PAN-SA-2016-0025 (CVE-2015-5364): Kernel Vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/31/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2016
Modified
06/17/2020

Description

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

Solution(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-5-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-5-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-6-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-6-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-7-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-7-1

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