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SUSE: CVE-2015-8956: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8956: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/25/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1
  • RHSA-2016:2574
  • RHSA-2016:2584
  • 93326
  • CVE-2015-8956
  • DLA-670-1
  • DSA-3696
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