NVD

Id
28771  
Name
CVE-2015-8709  
Description
** DISPUTED ** kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 mishandles uid and gid mappings, which allows local users to gain privileges by establishing a user namespace, waiting for a root process to enter that namespace with an unsafe uid or gid, and then using the ptrace system call. NOTE: the vendor states "there is no kernel bug here."  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
6.9  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
6.9  
CVSS Impact Subscore
10  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.4  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2016-02-07  
Modified Date
2016-12-05  
Seq
2015-8709  

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