CVE-2015-8012

lldpd: malformed packet leads to assertion failure and daemon crash

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 18, 2015

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the lldpd package that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a malformed packet. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Statement

The lldpd package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is not affected by this flaw because it has already received the patch. The flaw affects versions before 0.8.0 and the shipped version is 1.0.1+

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion