CVE-2015-2924

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2924
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-16 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe receive_ra function in rdisc/nm-lndp-rdisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in NetworkManager 1.x allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2922.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Networkmanager Project Networkmanager All dev All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request : IPv6 Hop limit lowering via RA messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: NetworkManager-0.9.10.2-5.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: NetworkManager-1.0.2-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
GNOME NetworkManager 'nm-lndp-rdisc.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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