Vulnerability CVE-2015-6496
Published: 2015-08-24

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-17

 (Code)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Netfilter -> Conntrack-tools 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Conntrack-tools project -> Conntrack-tools 

 References:
http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1
https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd
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