{"id":"CVE-2015-8569","details":"The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.","modified":"2026-02-04T04:25:30.117571Z","published":"2015-12-28T11:59:07Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:0168-1","SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1","SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1","SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1","SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1","SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292045"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/676744240802750464"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/11"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79428"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034549"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/14/252"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"}]}