UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8964

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8964

    Published: 16 Nov 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8964
    Aliases:
    USN-3161-1
    USN-3161-2
    USN-3161-3

    Summary:

    Details: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data structure.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8964, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8964

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-125.174

    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