CVE-2015-0272

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    CVE-2015-0272

    Published: 17 Nov 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: GNOME NetworkManager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8215.

    References: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=d5fc88e573fa58b93034b04d35a2454f5d28cad9, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76814, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192132, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=d5fc88e573fa58b93034b04d35a2454f5d28cad9, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=d5fc88e573fa58b93034b04d35a2454f5d28cad9, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192132

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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