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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-03-11T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:06:00.287Z

Reserved: 2014-03-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-2309

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-03-11T13:01:10.297

Modified: 2020-08-27T17:04:43.757

Link: CVE-2014-2309

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-2309 - Bugzilla