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Status published
Medium
CVE-2004-0257
OpenBSD 3.4 and NetBSD 1.6 and 1.6.1 allow remote attackers...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.guninski.com/obsdmtu.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604603226564&w=2
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016704.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/3825
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9577
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-002.txt.asc
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.6, 1.6.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 1st, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.