CVE-2017-15868

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

05/12/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

The bnep_add_connection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 does not ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.2 (including)	3.2.97 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.10.108 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.16.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.64 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

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CVE-2017-15868

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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