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CVE-2015-2042

CVSS v2.0 4.6 (Medium)
46% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 25
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net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.

Weaknesses
CWE-17
DEPRECATED: Code
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2015-04-21 10:59:02
(9 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-11-07 02:25:03
(10 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 3.18.7 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 3.18.7