CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8569

2.3 LOW Published 2015-12-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-12-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
2.3 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do 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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.3.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References