Code The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package conntrack-tools  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-CONNTRACKTOOLS-625337
  • published24 Aug 2015
  • disclosed24 Aug 2015

Introduced: 24 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-6496  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream conntrack-tools package and not the conntrack-tools package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.