CVE-2015-2923 describes a vulnerability in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation within the IPv6 stack of FreeBSD versions up to 10.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to manipulate the hop-limit setting on affected systems by sending a crafted Router Advertisement (RA) message with a small hop_limit value. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), the vulnerability is exploitable with low attack complexity over an adjacent network, potentially leading to denial of service by causing packets to be dropped prematurely. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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