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CVE-2017-15265 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2017-15265

HIGH7.0

Race condition in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4

Published Oct 16, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

Race condition in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted /dev/snd/seq ioctl calls, related to sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c and sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c.

References

WEBhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=71105998845fb012937332fe2e806d443c09e026 WEBhttp://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2017-October/126292.html WEBhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/11/3 WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101288 WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039561 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1170 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3822 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3823 WEBhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062520 WEBhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/71105998845fb012937332fe2e806d443c09e026 WEBhttps://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html WEBhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01 ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15265 WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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PublishedOct 16, 2017

ModifiedAug 5, 2024