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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data structure.
The weakness was released 11/07/2016 as Android Security Bulletin - November 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8964 since 10/03/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95995 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3161-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169492 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (95995). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 87607, 93466, 93476 and 93458.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 95995
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3161-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 860758
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-xenial USN-3161-2
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Countermeasures
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Patch: git.kernel.org
Timeline
10/03/2016 🔍11/07/2016 🔍
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09/30/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: Android Security Bulletin - November 2016
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8964 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 94138 - Linux Kernel Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 11/09/2016 14:43Updated: 09/30/2022 15:57
Changes: 11/09/2016 14:43 (68), 05/28/2019 14:48 (12), 09/30/2022 15:57 (3)
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