CVE-2015-8569 PUBLISHED

The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do 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.

EPSS 0.02% · 4.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.02%
4.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtime6.8.1-1015.16, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe4.18.0-14.15~18.04.1, 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1, 4.18.0-16.17~18.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime6.8.0-2019.20, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1012.13, 5.15.0-1028.32, 5.15.0-1027.31
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1006.6~24.04.2, 0, 6.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge5.0.0-20.21~18.04.1, 5.0.0-19.20~18.04.1, 5.0.0-17.18~18.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-11.31, 3.13.0-10.30, 3.13.0-8.28
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.4.0-1056.60, 0, 5.4.0-1008.9
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp4.15.0-1025.26, 4.15.0-1040.42, 4.15.0-1037.39
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily4.2.0-25.30~14.04.1, 4.2.0-22.27~14.04.1, 4.2.0-23.28~14.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1086.93, 0, 5.4.0-1033.35
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid3.19.0-30.34~14.04.1, 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1, 0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1013.14~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1009.10~24.04.1, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure5.0.0-1020.21~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1022.23~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1023.24~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.155.15.0-1059.67~20.04.1.1, 0, 5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-24.24~24.04.1, 6.11.0-29.29~24.04.1, 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1014.14~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi20, 5.3.0-1014.16, 5.3.0-1007.8
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime0, 5.15.0-1073.75

…and 4 more

Timeline

References

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