Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-7553 (CCN-132154)

Assigned:2015-12-06
Published:2015-12-06
Updated:2023-02-13
Summary:Race condition in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, when the nfnetlink_log module is loaded, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by creating netlink sockets.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.7 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.7 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-362
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-7553

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1288934
(CVE-2015-7553) CVE-2015-7553 kernel: nfnetlink race in NETLINK_NFLOG socket creation

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
redhat-cve20157553-dos(132154)

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Web site
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:kernel-rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20157553000
    V
    		CVE-2015-7553 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-09-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20157553000
    V
    		CVE-2015-7553 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2015-12-31
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20152152
    P
    		RHSA-2015:2152: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important)
    2015-11-19
    BACK
    redhat enterprise linux 7
    redhat enterprise mrg 2.0
    redhat kernel-rt -