CVE-2015-1465
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-17
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 does not properly consider the length of the Read-Copy Update (RCU) grace period for redirecting lookups in the absence of caching, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a flood of packets.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df4d92549f23e1c037e83323aff58a21b3de7fe0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/03/13Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72435Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763Advisory