CVE-2015-2922

Linux Kernel <3.19.6 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (19)

Core 19
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155804.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032417
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1564.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74315
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0305
EPSS Percentile 85.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-17
Status published
Products (9)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 20
fedoraproject/fedora 21
fedoraproject/fedora 22
linux/linux_kernel < 3.19.5
oracle/linux 5.0
oracle/solaris 11.3
redhat/enterprise_mrg 2.5
Published May 27, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026