CVE-2015-8215 (GCVE-0-2015-8215)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-16 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
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Summary
net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.0 does 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2015-11-02 00:00
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