CVE-2008-3584

NetBSD 3.0-4.0 - Denial of Service via PPPoE Packet Tag Length Check

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NetBSD 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0, when a pppoe instance exists, does not properly check the length of a PPPoE packet tag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted PPPoE packet.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020749
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3467
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30838
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31597
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44679
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_netbsd
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-010.txt.asc
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0633

Scores

EPSS 0.0248
EPSS Percentile 85.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
netbsd/netbsd 3.0
netbsd/netbsd 3.1
netbsd/netbsd 4.0
Published Sep 11, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026