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CVE-2015-0272 json

GNOME NetworkManager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Rout…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-0286

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GNOME NetworkManager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8215.

Patch / fix

  • gnome networkmanager 1.2.0
  • network-manager Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0272

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-66.108
  • linux-lts-vivid Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1
  • linux-lts-utopic Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0272

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • NetworkManager RHEL 7 1:1.0.6-27.el7
  • libnm-gtk RHEL 7 1.0.6-2.el7
  • ModemManager RHEL 7 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7
  • ModemManager-glib RHEL 7 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7
  • ModemManager-vala RHEL 7 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7
  • NetworkManager-tui RHEL 7 1:1.0.6-27.el7
  • NetworkManager-adsl RHEL 7 1:1.0.6-27.el7
  • NetworkManager-glib RHEL 7 1:1.0.6-27.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2315

  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.53-60.30.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.53-60.30.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.53-60.30.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.53-60.30.1
  • lttng-modules SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1 2.7.0-3.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 3.12.53-60.30.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 3.12.53-60.30.2
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP3 3.0.101.rt130-0.33.44.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1SUSE-SU-2016:0354-1SUSE-SU-2015:2350-1SUSE-SU-2015:2339-1SUSE-SU-2015:2292-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-0272 updated cvss 4.3

NetworkManager: remote DoS using IPv6 RA with bogus MTU

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libnm-gtk 1.0.6-2.el7, NetworkManager 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-tui 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-adsl 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-glib 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-team 1.0.6-27.el7, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) network-manager-applet 1.0.6-2.el7, ModemManager 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, ModemManager-vala 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, NetworkManager-config-server 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-config-routing-rules 1.0.6-27.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libnm-gtk 1.0.6-2.el7, NetworkManager 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-tui 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-adsl 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-glib 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-team 1.0.6-27.el7, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) network-manager-applet 1.0.6-2.el7, ModemManager 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, ModemManager-vala 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, NetworkManager-config-server 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-config-routing-rules 1.0.6-27.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libnm-gtk 1.0.6-2.el7, NetworkManager 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-tui 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-adsl 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-glib 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-team 1.0.6-27.el7, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) NetworkManager-adsl 1.0.6-27.el7, network-manager-applet 1.0.6-2.el7, ModemManager 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, ModemManager-vala 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, NetworkManager-config-routing-rules 1.0.6-27.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libnm-gtk 1.0.6-2.el7, NetworkManager 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-tui 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-adsl 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-glib 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-team 1.0.6-27.el7, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) network-manager-applet 1.0.6-2.el7, ModemManager 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, ModemManager-vala 1.1.0-8.git20130913.el7, NetworkManager-config-server 1.0.6-27.el7, NetworkManager-config-routing-rules 1.0.6-27.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2315
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 NetworkManager Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 NetworkManager, NetworkManager-glib, NetworkManager-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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