CVE - CVE-2015-3332

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-3332	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly maintain a count value, which allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical Kernel Team) builds.
References
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MLIST:[netdev] 20150414 [stable regression] tcp: make connect() mem charging friendly URL:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/359588 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150414 TCP Fast Open local DoS in some Linux stable branches URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/14 CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/782515 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213951 DEBIAN:DSA-3237 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20150417	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150417)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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