CVE-2014-2309

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.1/10AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=c88507fbad8055297c1d1e21e599f46960cbee39Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57250Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66095Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029894Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=c88507fbad8055297c1d1e21e599f46960cbee39Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57250Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66095Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029894Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Mar 11, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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