Code Affecting kernel-uek-firmware package, versions <0:2.6.32-400.37.7.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKFIRMWARE-2502312
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 May 2015

Introduced: 27 May 2015

CVE-2015-2922  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-firmware to version 0:2.6.32-400.37.7.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-3050.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-firmware package and not the kernel-uek-firmware package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

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