CVE-2015-7553 describes a race condition in the kernel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 when the nfnetlink_log module is loaded. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (system panic) by creating specific netlink sockets. With a CVSSv3 score of 4.7 (Medium), exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:kernel-rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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