UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3332

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3332

    Published: 21 Apr 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3332
    Aliases:
    USN-2615-1
    USN-2616-1
    USN-2619-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3332, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/14, http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/359588, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2615-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2616-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2619-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2620-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3332

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-53.89

    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