A hash collision flaw was found in the IPv6 connection lookup table in the Linux kernel’s IPv6 functionality when a user makes a new kind of SYN flood attack. A user located in the local network or with a high bandwidth connection can increase the CPU usage of the server that accepts IPV6 connections up to 95%.
2023-06-30T22:15:09.747
2024-11-21T07:38:40.070
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 (MEDIUM)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 6.5 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 | Yes |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 38 | Yes |