CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-6496
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-17
Description
conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1.4.2 and earlier does not ensure that the optional kernel modules are loaded before using them, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) DCCP, (2) SCTP, or (3) ICMPv6 packet.
Affected configurations
• netfilter conntrack-tools (<= 1.4.2)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed