4668 : FreeBSD KAME Project IPv6 setsockopt() DoS
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Disclosure Date
2004-03-29

Description

FreeBSD contains a flaw due to the manner in which it implements KAME Project IPv6 code that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is an input validation flaw in the "setsockopt()" system call when handling certain IPv6 socket options, and will result in loss of availability for the platform.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Solution

Upgrade to version RELENG_5_2 security branch or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Also, FreeBSD has released a patch.

Products

The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD

5.2-RELEASE

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 11233
CVE ID: 2004-0370 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 5985
Bugtraq ID: 9992
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:06.ipv6.asc
Vendor URL: http://www.freebsd.org

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Credit

Katsuhisa ABE -
Colin Percival - colin.percivalwadham.ox.ac.uk -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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