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CVE-2015-5283
The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps,…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.55%
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Description
The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (16)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2826-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 77058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:2194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2829-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2829-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2823-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1033808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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