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CVSSv2

CVE-2015-8215

Published: 16/11/2015 Updated: 04/11/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 446
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel prior to 4.0 does not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allows context-dependent malicious users 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.

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