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CVE-2015-2922

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 3.1…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.19.5
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 20, 21, 22
OracleLinux
Version 5.0
OracleSolaris
Version 11.3
RedhatEnterprise Mrg
Version 2.5
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification

References