Description
The ipv6_create_tempaddr function in net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly handle problems with the generation of IPv6 temporary addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive retries and address-generation outage), and consequently obtain sensitive information, via ICMPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) messages.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.2/10
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:PAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 28, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified