CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8215

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2015-11-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-11-16
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-20

Description

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

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.19)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References