UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2309

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2309

    Published: 11 Mar 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2309
    Aliases:
    USN-2221-1
    USN-2223-1
    USN-2224-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2309, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2221-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2223-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2224-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2225-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2227-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2228-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2309

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-18.38

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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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