Description
The receive_ra function in rdisc/nm-lndp-rdisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in NetworkManager 1.x allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2922.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.3/10
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157803.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158103.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76879
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-05
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157803.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158103.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76879
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-05
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 16, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified