CVE-2004-0257
NetBSD 1.6-1.6.1 and OpenBSD 3.4 - Denial of Service via IPv6 MTU Handling
Title source: llmDescription
OpenBSD 3.4 and NetBSD 1.6 and 1.6.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an IPv6 packet with a small MTU to a listening port and then issuing a TCP connect to that port.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.guninski.com/obsdmtu.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604603226564&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016704.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/3825
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15044
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9577
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_netbsd
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-002.txt.asc
Scores
EPSS
0.0203
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Details
Status
published
Products (7)
netbsd/netbsd
1.6
netbsd/netbsd
1.6.1
openbsd/openbsd
3.0
openbsd/openbsd
3.1
openbsd/openbsd
3.2
openbsd/openbsd
3.3
openbsd/openbsd
3.4
Published
Nov 23, 2004
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026