UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8575

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8575

    Published: 17 Dec 2015Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8575
    Aliases:
    USN-2886-1
    USN-2886-2
    USN-2888-1

    Summary:

    Details: The sco_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.4 does not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8575, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5233252fce714053f0151680933571a2da9cbfb4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2888-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2910-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2907-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2907-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8575

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-79.123

    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