VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-2922
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…
LOW 3.3EPSS 3.03%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.03%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.03% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-17
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora · oracle/linux · oracle/solaris · redhat/enterprise mrg · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.htmlThird Party Advisory
- 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.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2Exploit
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74315
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032417
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a
- 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.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.htmlThird Party Advisory
- 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.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.