CVE-2014-2309

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-03-06

Description

The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

See more information about CVE-2014-2309 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.1	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-35.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3034	2014-05-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3034	2014-05-19

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