CVE-2008-2476

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2476
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-03 15:07:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, (2) OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3, (3) NetBSD, (4) Force10 FTOS before E7.7.1.1, (5) Juniper JUNOS, and (6) Wind River VxWorks 5.x through 6.4 does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network traffic via a spoofed message that modifies the Forward Information Base (FIB).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Force10 Ftos All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 All All All
Operating System Juniper Jnos All All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd All All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Windriver Vxworks 5 All All All
Operating System Windriver Vxworks 5.5 All All All
Operating System Windriver Vxworks All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#472363 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Force10 FTOS Routers IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Neighbor Solicitation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
OpenBSD IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Spoofing Bug Lets Remote Users Modify Routing Data in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - FreeBSD IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Spoofing Bug Lets Remote Users Modify Routing Data in Certain Cases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.freebsd.org Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD 4.3 errata af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
NetBSD IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Spoofing Bug Lets Remote Users Modify Routing Data in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.juniper.net
Juniper Products Neighbor Discovery Protocol Neighbor Solicitation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Force10 Networks, Inc. Information for VU#472363 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
FreeBSD IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Neighbor Solicitation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
NetBSD IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Neighbor Solicitation Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wind River Systems, Inc. Information for VU#472363 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
OpenBSD 4.2 errata af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org
Multiple Vendors IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Implementation Address Spoofing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-013.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
About the security content of Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n*) Firmware 7.4.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2017-09-28Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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