Vulnerability Name: | CCN-107870 | ||||||
Published: | 2015-11-04 | ||||||
Updated: | 2015-11-04 | ||||||
Summary: | Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the production of unlimited number of warning messages. By sending specially crafted NETLINK packets, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to flood the kernel and the system log with excessive warning messages. | ||||||
CVSS v3 Severity: | 4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) 3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
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CVSS v2 Severity: | 2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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Vulnerability Consequences: | Denial of Service | ||||||
References: | Source: CCN Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:27:32 -0500 (EST) Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: selinux: rate-limit unrecognized netlink message warnings in selinux_nlmsg_perm() Source: CCN Type: The Linux Kernel Archives Web site The Linux Kernel Archives Source: CCN Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1278005 kernel: non-limited printk warning in security/selinux/hooks.c Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN linux-kernel-netlink-dos(107870) | ||||||
Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration CCN 1: Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||
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