CVE-2014-2309

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 11, 2014
First seenMar 11, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 3.13.6—
opensuse opensuse11.4—
suse linux_enterprise_server11—

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