6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
3.3 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.016 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.9%
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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
debian_linux | eq | 8.0 | |
debian_linux | eq | 7.0 | |
fedora | eq | 22 | |
fedora | eq | 20 | |
fedora | eq | 21 | |
linux_kernel | le | 3.19.5 | |
linux | eq | 5.0 | |
solaris | eq | 11.3 | |
enterprise_mrg | eq | 2.5 |
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1564.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/74315
www.securitytracker.com/id/1032417
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155804.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.html