vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2015-8970: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 27, 2016 | Feb 18, 2017 | Jun 21, 2018 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 27, 2016
Added
Feb 18, 2017
Modified
Jun 21, 2018
Description
crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-docs
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