Multiple Vendors' Operating Systems IPv6 Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	56168
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2012-5362 CVE-2012-5363
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 10 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 10 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	Marc Heuse
Vulnerable:	NetBSD NetBSD 0 Microsoft Windows 0 FreeBSD FreeBSD 0
Not Vulnerable:

Multiple Vendors' Operating Systems IPv6 Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

Multiple Vendors' operating systems are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an implementation weakness in IPv6.

Successful exploits will allow attackers to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources on the targeted computers, denying service to legitimate users.

The following operating systems are affected:

Windows
NetBSD
FreeBSD

Multiple Vendors' Operating Systems IPv6 Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is available. Please see the references for more information.

Multiple Vendors' Operating Systems IPv6 Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Multiple Vendors' Operating Systems IPv6 Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• FreeBSD Homepage (FreeBSD)
  
• IPv6 DOS vulnerabilities (oss-security)
  
• Microsoft Windows Homepage (Microsoft)
  
• NetBSD Homepage (NetBSD)