CVE-2015-8787 Information

Description

The nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending certain IPv4 packets to an incompletely configured interface a related issue to CVE-2003-1604.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/6 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300731 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8