CVE-2015-5869

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

CVSS v2.0 3.3 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.5 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html	Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205213	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html	Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205213	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-09-18 12:00

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2015-5869

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5869

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-5869

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

watchos
mac_os_x
iphone_os

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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