CVE-2008-2464

N/A Unknown
Published: September 11, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The mld_input function in sys/netinet6/mld6.c in the kernel in NetBSD 4.0, FreeBSD, and KAME, when INET6 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ICMPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) query with a certain Maximum Response Delay value.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-netbsd.html
Source: cret@cert.org
Exploit
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
Source: cret@cert.org
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.46&r2=1.47&f=h
Source: cret@cert.org
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-011.txt.asc
Source: cret@cert.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020822
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.34%3Br2=1.35%3Bf=h
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/817940
Source: cret@cert.org
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31026
Source: cret@cert.org
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-netbsd.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.46&r2=1.47&f=h
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-011.txt.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020822
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.34%3Br2=1.35%3Bf=h
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/817940
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31026
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.6%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

netbsd freebsd kame

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