Severity
Medium
Vendor
Ubuntu
Versions Affected
- Ubuntu 14.04
Description
A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel’s file_handle size verification. A local user could exploit this flaw to read potentially sensitive memory locations.
The Cloud Foundry project released a BOSH stemcell version 3012 that has the patched version of the Linux kernel.
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:
- The Cloud Foundry project recommends that Cloud Foundry Runtime Deployments run with BOSH stemcells 3012 or later when they are available, which contain the patched version of Linux kernel that resolves CVE-2015-1420.
Credit
No names were given in announcement
