DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5366

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5366

    Published: 31 Aug 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5366

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5366

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.7-1

    Affected versions

    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
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