CVE-2015-1421

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    CVE-2015-1421

    Published: 16 Mar 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper handling of shared-key data.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0726.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0751.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1082.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/15, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72356, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032172, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196581, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/15, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196581, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High