CVE-2015-2922

kernel: denial of service (DoS) attack against IPv6 network stacks due to improper handling of Router Advertisements.

Published May 27, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 3.3 Low EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-246-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-246-2 linux-2.6 regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3237-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-3007 The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2585-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2586-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2587-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2588-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2589-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2590-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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