Description
The receive_ra function in rdisc/nm-lndp-rdisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in NetworkManager 1.x allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2922.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-05
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76879
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158103.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157803.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0120
EPSS Percentile
64.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
networkmanager_project/networkmanager
< 1.0.7
Published
Nov 16, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026