CVE-2015-6496

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1.4.2 and earlier does not ensure that the optional kernel modules are loaded before using them, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) DCCP, (2) SCTP, or (3) ICMPv6 packet.

conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1.4.2 and earlier does not ensure that the optional kernel modules are loaded before using them, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) DCCP, (2) SCTP, or (3) ICMPv6 packet.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Debian Linux

First reported 9 years ago

2015-08-24 14:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-05-22 15:22:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 7.0

7.0

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

References

http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2015-5eb2131441

Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2015-1aee5e6f0b

Third Party Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2015:1688

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

DSA-3341

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20150814 CVE request: conntrackd denial of service with unusual network traffic

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20150817 Re: CVE request: conntrackd denial of service with unusual network traffic

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd

Patch, Vendor Advisory

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.