CVE-2015-6496

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad en conntrackd en conntrack-tools 1.4.2 y versiones anteriores, no asegura que los módulos opcionales del kernel sean cargados antes de usarlos, lo cual permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída) a través de un paquete (1) DCCP, (2) SCTP o (3) ICMPv6.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-08-17 CVE Reserved
2015-08-21 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-17: DEPRECATED: Code

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd	2024-02-14

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html	2024-02-14
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html	2024-02-14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html	2024-02-14
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341	2024-02-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netfilter Search vendor "Netfilter"		Conntrack-tools Search vendor "Netfilter" for product "Conntrack-tools"				<= 1.4.2 Search vendor "Netfilter" for product "Conntrack-tools" and version " <= 1.4.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected