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LIN6-10683 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-8569

Created: Dec 29, 2015    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jan 26, 2016
Found In Version: 6.0.0.26
Fix Version: 6.0.0.28
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8569

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