CVE-2018-17156

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-17156
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-28 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340268) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, due to incorrectly accounting for padding on 64-bit platforms, a buffer underwrite could occur when constructing an ICMP reply packet when using a non-standard value for the net.inet.icmp.quotelen sysctl.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 11.2 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 11.2 p5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:13.icmp.asc CONFIRM security.freebsd.org Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD CVE-2018-17156 Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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