CVE-2015-6496

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

3.20%

Published

Aug 24, 2015

Modified

May 6, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-17

Affected Products (3)

netfilter · conntrack-toolsvulnerable

debian · debian_linuxvulnerable

References (16)

http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd

PatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed

http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174875.html

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174883.html

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00015.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3341

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/14/4

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/1

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://git.netfilter.org/conntrack-tools/commit/?id=c392c159605956c7bd4a264ab4490e2b2704c0cd

PatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed

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