CVE-2014-2309

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2309
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-11 13:01:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.1 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel IPv6 Router Advertisement Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA57250 - Linux Kernel IPv6 Router Advertisement Packets Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0566-1: important: kernel update fo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/netdev/net.git - Netdev Group's networking tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel 'ip6_route_add()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: IPv6: crash due to router advertisement flooding af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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