Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2015-7553
Race condition in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, when the nfnetlink_log module is loaded, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by creating netlink sockets.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Mrg — versions 2.0
- Red Hat Kernel-Rt
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7553?
- CVE-2015-7553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-09-14.
- How severe is CVE-2015-7553?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-7553 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.