CVE-2015-0272: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only
• Gnome Networkmanager: before 1.2.0 (fixed in 1.2.0)
• Oracle Linux: version 7 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 11 only; version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only; version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 11 only; version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: version 12 only

Published 2015-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.