CVE-2015-6496
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.0%
conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1.4.2 and earlier does not ensure that the optional kernel modules are loaded before using them, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) DCCP, (2) SCTP, or (3) ICMPv6 packet.
Affected configurations
References
bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1
git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.0%