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CVE-2015-3332

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt9-3CVE-2015-3332
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt9-3CVE-2015-3332
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt9-3CVE-2015-3332
Fixed in:3.16.7-ckt9-3CVE-2015-3332
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-powerpc-e500Ubuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.13.0-53-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.13.0-53.89USN-2620-1
linux-image-3.16.0-38-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1
linux-image-3.16.0-38-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1
linux-image-3.16.0-38-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1
linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1
linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1
linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc64-embUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1
linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc64-smpUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1
linux-lts-utopicUbuntu
Fixed in:3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1USN-2615-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days
30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2009-3103High10.090%--
CVE-2009-0075High9.385%--
CVE-2005-1790Low2.683%--
CVE-2010-0806High8.882%KEV-
CVE-2009-2526High7.882%--
CVE-2015-1868High7.882%-Fix
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