Vulnerability in Netfilter Conntrack-Tools
CVE-2015-6496
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Netfilter Conntrack-Tools
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/ (URL Repurposed, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)