CVE-2013-0343: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 3.2. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ipv6_create_tempaddr function in net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly handle problems with the generation of IPv6 temporary addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive retries and address-generation outage), and consequently obtain sensitive information, via ICMPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) messages.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.8; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …

Published 2013-02-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.