CVE-2015-5283 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2015-5283 PUBLISHED

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

EPSS 0.10% · 28.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.10%

28.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	3.13.0-19.39, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-vivid	0, 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1, 3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-utopic	3.16.0-37.51~14.04.1, 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1, 3.16.0-39.53~14.04.1

Timeline

Oct 19, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5283 third-party-advisory
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/ third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2797-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2823-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2826-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2829-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2829-2 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5283 third-party-advisory

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