CVE-2015-8787

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8787
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-08 03:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending certain IPv4 packets to an incompletely configured interface, a related issue to CVE-2003-1604.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: kernel-4.3.4-300.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2890-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: Linux: NULL pointer dereference netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c in nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 function af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - October 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1008-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2890-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2889-2: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: kernel-4.3.4-200.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
netfilter: nf_nat_redirect: add missing NULL pointer check · torvalds/linux@94f9cd8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2890-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1300731 – CVE-2015-8787 kernel: Missing NULL pointer check in nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
USN-2889-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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