CVE - CVE-2004-0257

CVE-ID
CVE-2004-0257	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
OpenBSD 3.4 and NetBSD 1.6 and 1.6.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an IPv6 packet with a small MTU to a listening port and then issuing a TCP connect to that port.
References
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BID:9577 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9577 BUGTRAQ:20040205 OpenBSD IPv6 remote kernel crash URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604603226564&w=2 CONFIRM:http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c FULLDISC:20040204 Remote openbsd crash with ip6, yet still openbsd much better than windows URL:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016704.html MISC:http://www.guninski.com/obsdmtu.html NETBSD:NetBSD-SA2004-002 URL:ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-002.txt.asc OSVDB:3825 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/3825~~ (Obsolete source) XF:openbsd-ipv6-dos(15044) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15044
Date Record Created
20040901	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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