CVE-2015-5364

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

31/08/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.70 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.109 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.10.81 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.12.44 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.13 (including)	3.14.45 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.15 (including)	3.16.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.17 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.0.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2015-5364

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools