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CVE-2015-1573

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 3
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The nft_flush_table function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 mishandles the interaction between cross-chain jumps and ruleset flushes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Weaknesses
CWE-19
Data Processing Errors
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-05-02 10:59:08
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-01-05 02:30:00
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 3.18.4 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 3.18.4