CVE-2015-1339

low-risk
Published 2016-04-27

Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.

Do I need to act?

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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.2/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Linux Novell

References (16)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816...
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Patch http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331
Patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49...
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816...
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Patch http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331
Patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49...
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low