NVD
- Id
- 28465
- Name
- CVE-2015-8215
- 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.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 5
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 5
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 2.9
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 10
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-19
- Published
- 2015-11-16
- Modified Date
- 2016-12-07
- Seq
- 2015-8215
