CVE-2015-8215
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-02-23 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.0does not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is limited to the NetworkManager product.
See more information about CVE-2015-8215 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.0 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3566 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3567 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek) | ELSA-2016-3567 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek) | ELSA-2016-3567 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3565 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-0855 | 2016-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3565 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3566 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3567 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3567 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3567 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el7uek) | ELSA-2016-3565 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3565 | 2016-05-20 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0053 | 2016-05-20 |
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