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CVE-2015-8787

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/8/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc(security@debian.org)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html(security@debian.org)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html(security@debian.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html(security@debian.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/6(security@debian.org)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html(security@debian.org)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html(security@debian.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1(security@debian.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2(security@debian.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1(security@debian.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2(security@debian.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3(security@debian.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300731(security@debian.org)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc(security@debian.org)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300731(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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