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NVD

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CVE-2015-2922 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155804.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1564.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74315 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032417 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-17 DEPRECATED: Code cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-2922
NVD Published Date:
05/27/2015
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE