GNOME NetworkManager IPv6 IPv6 Router Advertisement Message input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNOME NetworkManager. The affected element is an unknown function of the component IPv6 Handler. Executing a manipulation as part of IPv6 Router Advertisement Message can lead to input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2015-0272. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNOME NetworkManager (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation as part of a IPv6 Router Advertisement Message leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

GNOME NetworkManager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8215.

The weakness was presented 11/17/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-0272 since 11/18/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86783 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2792-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168771 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86783), SecurityFocus (BID 76814†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54523†). See VDB-8569, VDB-74789, VDB-78541 and VDB-79223 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 86783
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2792-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 703364
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3364-1 (linux - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: USN-2792-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-0272 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0272
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79228

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SecurityFocus: 76814 - GNOME NetworkManager 'ipv6/addrconf.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 54523 - GNOME NetworkManager before 1.0.2 Remote DoS via a Crafted MTU Value, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2015 10:11
Updated: 06/27/2022 14:26
Changes: 11/18/2015 10:11 (62), 04/18/2018 14:02 (12), 06/27/2022 14:26 (4)
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