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CVE-2011-2393
Published: Feb 2, 2012
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and device hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2010-4670.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20110405 ICMPv6 Router Announcement flooding denial of service affecting multiple systems
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