UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1421

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1421

    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1421

    Published: 16 Mar 2015Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1421
    Aliases:
    USN-2541-1
    USN-2542-1
    USN-2545-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1421, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2541-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2542-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2545-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2546-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2562-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2563-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1421

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-49.81

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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
    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1421 | CVE-DB