CVE-2018-6918

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6918
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-04 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.1-RELEASE-p9, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p8 and 10.3-RELEASE-p28, the length field of the ipsec option header does not count the size of the option header itself, causing an infinite loop when the length is zero. This issue can allow a remote attacker who is able to send an arbitrary packet to cause the machine to crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD CVE-2018-6918 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-5-30-1 AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1 BUGTRAQ seclists.org
FreeBSD IPsec AH Option Header Infinite Loop Lets Remote Users Cause the Target System to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
FreeBSD-SA-18:05 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory
About the security content of AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-5-30-1 AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1 FULLDISC seclists.org
About the security content of AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.8.1 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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