CVE-2015-6496
published 2015-08-24CVE-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…
PriorityP424medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
3.20%
86.9th percentile
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.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| netfilter | conntrack-tools | <= 1.4.2 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-v3f5-57x9-2pvx: conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2015-6496 [MEDIUM] GHSA-v3f5-57x9-2pvx: conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1
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.
Red Hat
conntrackd crash on unexpected network traffic
vendor_redhat·2014-03-24·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-6496 [MEDIUM] conntrackd crash on unexpected network traffic
conntrackd crash on unexpected network traffic
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.
Package: conntrack-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Affected
Package: conntrack-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)) - Will not fix
Package: conntrack-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)) - Will not fix
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cdhttp://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd
2015-08-24
Published