Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's ip6_route_add Function

CVE-2014-2309 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:A/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

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