Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8569
2.3
LOW
Vulnerability Description
The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.
Published Date
December 28, 2015
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory