CVE-2015-5364
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-399
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.htmlAdvisory