CVE-2015-2922

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.3
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 27, 2015
First seenMay 27, 2015

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 3.19.5—
fedoraproject fedora20, 21, 22—
oracle linux5.0—
oracle solaris11.3—
redhat enterprise_mrg2.5—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—

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