CVE - CVE-2015-8575

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8575	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The sco_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.4 does not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.
References
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BID:79724 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79724 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5233252fce714053f0151680933571a2da9cbfb4 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.4 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292840 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5233252fce714053f0151680933571a2da9cbfb4 DEBIAN:DSA-3434 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 FEDORA:FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20151216 Re: CVE Request: Linux Kernel: information leak from getsockname URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/16/3 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0911 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:1102 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:2074 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html UBUNTU:USN-2886-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 UBUNTU:USN-2888-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 UBUNTU:USN-2890-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 UBUNTU:USN-2890-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 UBUNTU:USN-2890-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
Assigning CNA
OpenText (formerly Micro Focus)
Date Record Created
20151216	Disclaimer: The record 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 (20151216)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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