CVE-2008-2464

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2464
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-11 01:10:39 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Application Kame Kame All All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c - diff - 1.47 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvsweb.netbsd.org
NetBSD ICMPv6 MLD Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[base] Log of /head/sys/netinet6/mld6.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#817940 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
CERT-FI - CERT-FI Vulnerability Advisory on NetBSD af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert.fi Exploit
[base] Log of /head/sys/netinet6/mld6.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-011.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
CVS log for src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvsweb.netbsd.org
NetBSD Bug in Processing ICMPv6 MLD Queries Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
[base] Log of /head/sys/netinet6/mld6.c MITRE www.freebsd.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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