USN-2829-2

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    USN-2829-2

    Published: 4 Dec 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-5283) Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7872)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2829-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5283, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7872

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-lts-vivid

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.19.0-39.44~14.04.1

    Affected versions

    3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1
    3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1
    3.19.0-21.21~14.04.1
    3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1
    3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1
    3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1
    3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1
    3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
    3.19.0-30.33~14.04.1
    3.19.0-30.34~14.04.1
    3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1
    3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1
    3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1
    3.19.0-37.42~14.04.1

    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
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