CVE-2015-2924
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.
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- networkmanager_project:networkmanager
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