CVE-2014-2309

Linux Kernel < 3.13.6 - Denial of Service via ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/08/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66095
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/57250
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029894

Scores

EPSS 0.0091
EPSS Percentile 76.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel < 3.13.6
opensuse/opensuse 11.4
suse/linux_enterprise_server 11 (2 CPE variants)
Published Mar 11, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026