National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0687

Overview

The pf_test_rule function in OpenBSD Packet Filter (PF), as used in OpenBSD 4.2 through 4.5, NetBSD 5.0 before RC3, MirOS 10 and earlier, and MidnightBSD 0.3-current allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IP packets that trigger a NULL pointer dereference during translation, related to an IPv4 packet with an ICMPv6 payload.

Impact

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1015

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1015

External Source: OPENBSD

Name: [4.5] 002: RELIABILITY FIX: April 11, 2009

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openbsd.org/errata45.html#002_pf

External Source: OPENBSD

Name: [4.4] 013: RELIABILITY FIX: April 11, 2009

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openbsd.org/errata44.html#013_pf

External Source: OPENBSD

Name: [4.3] 013: RELIABILITY FIX: April 11, 2009

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#013_pf

External Source: MISC

Name: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.3/common/013_pf.patch

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.3/common/013_pf.patch

External Source: XF

Name: openbsd-packetfilter-dos(49837)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49837

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090413 OpenBSD 4.3 up to OpenBSD-current: PF null pointer dereference - remote DoS (kernel panic)

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502634

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 53608

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/53608

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 8581

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8581

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 8406

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8406

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.helith.net/txt/multiple_vendor-PF_null_pointer_dereference.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.helith.net/txt/multiple_vendor-PF_null_pointer_dereference.txt

External Source: NETBSD

Name: NetBSD-SA2009-001

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-001.txt.asc