CVE-2008-0177 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0177
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Description: The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: ST 1019314 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA28788 Secunia Advisory: SA28816 Secunia Advisory: SA28979 Secunia Advisory: SA29130 Secunia Advisory: SA30430 Secunia Advisory: SA31074 MILW0RM http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5191 FREEBSD http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.asc CONFIRM http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff?r1=1.36;r2=1.37 http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c?f=u&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-1 CERT-VN 110947 CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html BID 27642 APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html

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