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CVE-2016-3138

The acm_probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attac

The acm_probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both a control and a data endpoint descriptor.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00021
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Affected Products & Versions

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linux kernel<= 4.5.0
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
novell suse linux enterprise software development kitall versions
novell suse linux enterprise debuginfoall versions
novell suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
novell suse linux enterprise live patchingall versions
novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloudall versions
novell suse linux enterprise real time extensionall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · security@opentext.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 May 2016 · 10:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2074-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1764-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1707-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1696-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1690-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8835ba4a39cf53f705417b3b3a94eb067673f2c9
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
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