DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8956

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8956
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8956.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8956
Upstream
Published
2016-10-10T10:59:04Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:35Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The rfcommsockbind 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}