| OpenBSD ICMP6 Echo Request Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service |
| SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017518 |
| SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017518 |
| CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH (Links to External Site) |
| Date: Jan 16 2007 |
| Impact: Denial of service via network |
| Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes |
| Advisory: OpenBSD Errata |
| Version(s): 3.9, 4.0 |
| Description: A vulnerability was reported in OpenBSD. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions. A remote user can send a specially crafted ICMP6 echo request to cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop. |
| Impact: A remote user can cause the kernel to crash. |
| Solution: OpenBSD has issued the following patches: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.0/common/008_icmp6.patch ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.9/common/018_icmp6.patch |
| Vendor URL: www.openbsd.org/ (Links to External Site) |
| Cause: State error |
| Underlying OS: UNIX (OpenBSD) |
| Message History: None. |