CVE-2008-3584 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-3584

NetBSD 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0, when a pppoe instance exists,...

Vulnerability Description

NetBSD 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0, when a pppoe instance exists, does not properly check the length of a PPPoE packet tag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted PPPoE packet.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

netbsd
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 3.1, 4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 11th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 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.