Information disclosure in Synology Diskstation Manager
CVE-2015-2809
The Multicast DNS (mDNS) responder in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 3.1 inadvertently responds to unicast queries with source addresses that are not link-local, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) or obtain potentially sensitive information via port-5353 UDP packets to the Avahi component.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.036 (88.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Synology Diskstation_manager
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2809?
- CVE-2015-2809 is a vulnerability in Synology Diskstation Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2015-04-01.
- Is CVE-2015-2809 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.