CVE-2015-8767 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8767?

CVE-2015-8767 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Feb 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted sctp_accept call.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8767?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8767?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8767 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8767 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8767, GHSA-rc42-m3mv-gv4m, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8767.