CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-6916
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-03-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.1-RELEASE-p7, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p7, and 10.3-RELEASE-p28, the kernel does not properly validate IPsec packets coming from a trusted host. Additionally, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the IPsec AH handling code. This issue could cause a system crash or other unpredictable results.
Affected configurations
• freebsd freebsd (>= 11.0 < 11.1)
• freebsd freebsd 10.3
• freebsd freebsd 10.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040460 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:01.ipsec.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040460 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:01.ipsec.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory