CVE-2015-8787

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    CVE-2015-8787

    Published: 8 Feb 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The 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.

    References: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/6, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300731, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc

    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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