UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8215
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Summary:
Details: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.0 does not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is limited to the NetworkManager product.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8215, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192132, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=944296, https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500810, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8215
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
