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CVE-2004-0257
Published: Sep 1, 2004
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
OpenBSD 3.4 and NetBSD 1.6 and 1.6.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an IPv6 packet with a small MTU to a listening port and then issuing a TCP connect to that port.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.guninski.com/obsdmtu.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
x_refsource_CONFIRM
20040205 OpenBSD IPv6 remote kernel crash
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
20040204 Remote openbsd crash with ip6, yet still openbsd much better than windows
mailing-list
x_refsource_FULLDISC
3825
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
openbsd-ipv6-dos(15044)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
9577
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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