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

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.