VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5869
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.91%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Apple iOS before 9 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:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.91% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/iphone os · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.