UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5283

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5283

    Published: 19 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5283
    Aliases:
    USN-2797-1
    USN-2823-1
    USN-2826-1

    Summary:

    Details: The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5283, http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2797-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2823-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2826-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2829-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2829-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5283

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-70.113

    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