UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0272

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0272

    Published: 3 Sept 2015Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0272
    Aliases:
    USN-2775-1
    USN-2776-1
    USN-2778-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0272, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2776-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2775-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2778-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2779-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2792-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2796-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2797-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0272

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-66.108

    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