CVE-2015-8215
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-8215 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | canonical |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2015-11-16 21:59:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug #1500810 “Trusty update to 3.13.11-ckt27 stable release” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.launchpad.net | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2194-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Linux Kernel 'net/ipv6/addrconf.c' CVE-2015-8215 Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| ipv6: addrconf: validate new MTU before applying it · torvalds/linux@7775142 · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Access Denied | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.novell.com | |
| Bug 1192132 – CVE-2015-0272 kernel/NetworkManager: remote DoS using IPv6 RA with bogus MTU | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2339-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0354-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3364-1 linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.kernel.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2350-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2292-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.