oss-security - CVE Request : IPv6 Hop limit lowering via RA messages

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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 19:19:45 +0200
From: "D.S. Ljungmark" <ljungmark@...io.se>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE Request : IPv6 Hop limit lowering via RA messages

An unprivileged user on a local network can use IPv6 Neighbour
Discovery ICMP to broadcast a non-route with a low hop limit, this
causing machines to lower the hop limit on existing IPv6 routes.

Linux Patch: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg322361.html
Redhat bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712

Projects impacted:  Linux kernel,  NetworkManager, FreeBSD Kernel

Regards,
  D.S. Ljungmark

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