CVE-2014-2309

Public on 2014-03-11
Modified on 2014-09-18
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2014-04-22 ALAS-2014-328 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.1 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 6.1 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-2309 Mitre: CVE-2014-2309