Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Description
The tty_open function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.1 mishandles a driver-lookup failure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted access to a device file under the /dev/pts directory.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
05/02/2016
Impact
CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
(V3 legend)
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
4.9 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
Access Vector (AV):
Local
Access Complexity (AC):
Low
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service
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Change History
3 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
1/4/2018 9:29:16 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html [No Types Assigned] |
Modified Analysis -
5/5/2016 8:57:05 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
|
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) |
| Added |
CVSS V3 |
|
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Added |
CWE |
|
NVD-CWE-Other |
| Added |
Evaluator Description |
|
<a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a> |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376 No Types Assigned |
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376 Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376 No Types Assigned |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376 Advisory |
Initial CVE Analysis -
5/5/2016 2:25:52 PM