CVE-2010-4562

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4562
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-02-02 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2012-02-03 05:00:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Windows 2008, 7, Vista, 2003, 2000, and XP, when using IPv6, allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent, as demonstrated by thcping. NOTE: due to a typo, some sources map CVE-2010-4562 to a ProFTPd mod_sql vulnerability, but that issue is covered by CVE-2010-4652.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dailydave: Another Microsoft (and other) IPv6 security issue: sniffer detection MLIST seclists.org
Full Disclosure: Another Microsoft (and other) IPv6 security issue: sniffer detection FULLDISC seclists.org
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