National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3530

Overview

sys/netinet6/icmp6.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, NetBSD 3.0 through 4.0, and possibly other operating systems does not properly check the proposed new MTU in an ICMPv6 Packet Too Big Message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted Packet Too Big Message.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-133A

Name: TA09-133A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html

External Source: BID

Name: 31004

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31004

External Source: FREEBSD

Name: FreeBSD-SA-08:09

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6.asc

External Source: XF

Name: freebsd-icmp6mtudiscupdate-dos(44908)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44908

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1297

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0633

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0633

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021111

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021111

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020820

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020820

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3467

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3467

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35074

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35074

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32401

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32401

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31745

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31745

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html

External Source: NETBSD

Name: NetBSD-SA2008-015

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-015.txt.asc