UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0272
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 3
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Downstream
Published: 03 Sept 2015, 00:00
Last modified:12 May 2026, 13:24
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100 CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
03 Sept 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
12 May 2026, 13:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
GNOME NetworkManager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8215.
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.13.0-66.108
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic
< 3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all | all
References (9)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0272
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2776-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2775-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2778-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2779-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2792-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2796-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2797-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0272