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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201509-05">
<title>NetworkManager: Denial of Service</title>
<synopsis>Improper handling of Router Advertisements in NetworkManager could
cause a Denial of Service condition in IPv6 network stacks.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">networkmanager</product>
<announced>2015-09-24</announced>
<revised count="1">2015-09-24</revised>
<bug>545980</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-misc/networkmanager" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.0.2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.0.2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>NetworkManager is an universal network configuration daemon for laptops,
desktops, servers and virtualization hosts.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>IPv6 Neighbour Discovery ICMP broadcast containing a non-route with a
low hop limit causes a Denial of Service by lowering the hop limit on
existing IPv6 routes in NetworkManager.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker on the same network segment could cause a Denial of
Service condition in NetworkManager
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All NetworkManager users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/networkmanager-1.0.2"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2924">CVE-2015-2924</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-06-30T19:06:18Z">
BlueKnight
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-09-24T16:58:36Z">mrueg</metadata>
</glsa>