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CVE-2015-2924 (GCVE-0-2015-2924)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-16 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:32
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76879 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2015-04-03 00:00
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