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CVE-2015-2922 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2015-2922

CVE-2015-2922

UNKNOWN

The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc

Published May 27, 2015

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155804.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1564.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74315

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032417

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2922

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Exploitability

Access Vector

Adjacent NetworkAV:A

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

PartialA:P

3.3/AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 27, 2015

ModifiedAug 6, 2024