THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2021-45485 (HIGH 7.5) — In the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3, net/ipv6/output_core.c has an information leak because of certain use of a hash table which, although big, doesn't properly consider that IPv6-based attackers can typically choose among many IPv6 source addresses.
[NVD] CVE-2021-45485 (HIGH 7.5) — In the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3, net/ipv6/output_core.c has an information leak because of certain use of a hash table which, although big, doesn't properly consider that IPv6-based attackers can typically choose among many IPv6 source addresses.
CVE-2021-45485 CVSS: 7.5 HIGH Published: 2021-12-25T02:15:06.667
In the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3, net/ipv6/output_core.c has an information leak because of certain use of a hash table which, although big, doesn't properly consider that IPv6-based attackers can typically choose among many IPv6 source addresses.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2021-45485cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45485