Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-6496 - Code vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1.4.2 and earlier does not ensure that the optional kernel modules are loaded before using them, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) DCCP, (2) SCTP, or (3) ICMPv6 packet.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2015-1AEE5E6F0B.NASL description Addresses a crasher (CVE-2015-6496) and various leaks Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-03-04 plugin id 89161 published 2016-03-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89161 title Fedora 22 : conntrack-tools-1.4.2-9.fc22 (2015-1aee5e6f0b) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2015-1aee5e6f0b. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(89161); script_version("2.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6496"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2015-1aee5e6f0b"); script_name(english:"Fedora 22 : conntrack-tools-1.4.2-9.fc22 (2015-1aee5e6f0b)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Addresses a crasher (CVE-2015-6496) and various leaks Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253755" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b811084a" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected conntrack-tools package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:conntrack-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/01/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/04"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^22([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 22.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC22", reference:"conntrack-tools-1.4.2-9.fc22")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "conntrack-tools"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2015-5EB2131441.NASL description Addresses a crasher (CVE-2015-6496) and various leaks Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-03-04 plugin id 89254 published 2016-03-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89254 title Fedora 23 : conntrack-tools-1.4.2-9.fc23 (2015-5eb2131441) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2015-5eb2131441. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(89254); script_version("2.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6496"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2015-5eb2131441"); script_name(english:"Fedora 23 : conntrack-tools-1.4.2-9.fc23 (2015-5eb2131441)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Addresses a crasher (CVE-2015-6496) and various leaks Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253755" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2cf09b69" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected conntrack-tools package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:conntrack-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/01/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/04"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^23([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 23.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC23", reference:"conntrack-tools-1.4.2-9.fc23")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "conntrack-tools"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-295.NASL description 'jann last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-08-20 plugin id 85547 published 2015-08-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85547 title Debian DLA-295-1 : conntrack security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-295-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(85547); script_version("2.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6496"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-295-1 : conntrack security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "'jann' discovered that in certain configurations, if the relevant conntrack kernel module is not loaded, conntrackd will crash when handling DCCP, SCTP or ICMPv6 packets. In the version found in Debian 6.0 'squeeze', this vulnerability only applies to ICMPv6. For the oldoldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.9.14-2+deb6u1. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy) and stable distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/08/msg00009.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/conntrack" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected conntrack, and conntrackd packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:conntrack"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:conntrackd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/08/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/08/20"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"conntrack", reference:"1:0.9.14-2+deb6u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"conntrackd", reference:"1:0.9.14-2+deb6u1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2015-637.NASL description conntrack-tools was updated to fix one security issue. The following vulnerability was fixed : - CVE-2015-6496: Fix a possible crash if conntrackd sees DCCP, SCTP and ICMPv6 traffic and the corresponding kernel modules that track this traffic are not available. (boo#942149) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2015-10-06 plugin id 86287 published 2015-10-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86287 title openSUSE Security Update : conntrack-tools (openSUSE-2015-637) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3341.NASL description It was discovered that in certain configurations, if the relevant conntrack kernel module is not loaded, conntrackd will crash when handling DCCP, SCTP or ICMPv6 packets. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 85569 published 2015-08-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85569 title Debian DSA-3341-1 : conntrack - security update
References
- http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910
- http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1
- https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd
- https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd