Linux Kernel UDP Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service : 7/7/2015 8:27:56 AM
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Linux Kernel UDP Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
7/7/2015 12:00:00 AM
| Linux Kernel UDP Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service |
| SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1032794 |
| SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1032794 |
| CVE Reference: CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366 (Links to External Site) |
| Date: Jul 7 2015 |
| Impact: Denial of service via network |
| Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes |
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| Description: Two vulnerabilities were reported in the Linux Kernel. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system. A remote user can send a flood of UDP packets with specially crafted checksums to cause the target application to hang [CVE-2015-5364]. A remote user can send a flood of UDP packets with specially crafted checksums to cause the target application to stop reading packets [CVE-2015-5366]. |
| Impact: A remote user can cause the target application to hang. A remote user can cause the target application to stop reading packets. |
| Solution: The vendor has issued a source code fix, available at: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0 |
| Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site) |
| Cause: State error |
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| Message History: None. |
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