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. |