CVE-2014-2309

Description

The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029894

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66095

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/08/1

http://secunia.com/advisories/57250

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3