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CVE-2015-5257
Published: Nov 16, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the correct ID of CVE-2015-8320.
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References
DSA-3372
vendor-advisory
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76834
vdb-entry
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USN-2792-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2794-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2799-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2795-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265607
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.4
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[oss-security] 20150922 Vulnerability in WhiteHEAT Linux Driver-CVE-2015-5257
mailing-list
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USN-2798-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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