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SUSE: CVE-2015-8787: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8787: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/18/2016
Modified
06/21/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default

References

  • USN-2889-1
  • USN-2889-2
  • USN-2890-1
  • USN-2890-2
  • USN-2890-3
  • CVE-2015-8787

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