CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3530

7.1 HIGH Published 2008-09-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

sys/netinet6/icmp6.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, NetBSD 3.0 through 4.0, and possibly other operating systems does not properly check the proposed new MTU in an ICMPv6 Packet Too Big Message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted Packet Too Big Message.

Affected configurations

• freebsd freebsd 6.3 • freebsd freebsd 7.0 • freebsd freebsd 7.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References