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CVE-2015-8215
CVE-2015-8215
PUBLISHED
net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.0 does not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is limited to the NetworkManager product.
EPSS 6.24% · 91.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
6.24%
91.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 5.4.0-1006.6, 5.4.0-1004.4, 5.3.0-1017.19 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe-edge | 5.3.0-22.24~18.04.1, 5.3.0-19.20~18.04.2, 5.0.0-20.21~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.4.0-1076.82, 5.4.0-1074.79, 5.4.0-1072.77 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.4.0-1089.94+cvm1.2, *, * |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure | 4.18.0-1025.27~18.04.1, 4.15.0-1013.13, 4.15.0-1014.14 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 0, 5.15.0-1073.75 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | 6.8.0-2019.20, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 4.15.0-1034.36, 4.15.0-1037.39, 4.15.0-1040.42 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.4.0-1010.11, 5.4.0-1012.13, 5.4.0-1013.14 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 6.8.0-40.40.1, 0, 6.8.0-51.52.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 5.3.0-74.70, 5.3.0-75.71, 5.3.0-69.65 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.4.0-40.45, 5.4.0-27.31, 5.4.0-30.34 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 0, 5.15.0-1032.35 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 6.8.1-1015.16, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | *, 6.11.0-1012.13~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1013.14~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.15.0-1015.17, 5.15.0-1020.23, 5.15.0-1026.30 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1, 3.19.0-30.33~14.04.1, 3.19.0-30.34~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-utopic | *, 0, 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | 0, 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1008.8~24.04.1 |
…and 3 more
Timeline
- Nov 16, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8215 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192132 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=944296 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500810 third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8215 third-party-advisory