Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105584
Category:	F5 Local Security Checks
Title:	F5 BIG-IP - Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2015-2922
Summary:	The remote host is missing a security patch.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing a security patch. Vulnerability Insight: The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message. Vulnerability Impact: An attacker on a local network can use this flaw to prevent systems on that network from sending or receiving network packets. Solution: See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution. CVSS Score: 3.3 CVSS Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2922 BugTraq ID: 74315 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74315 Debian Security Information: DSA-3237 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155804.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1221 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1534 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1564 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1564.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032417 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1224 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1478 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
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