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FKIE_CVE-2008-2464

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-11 01:10 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:53
Severity
Summary
The mld_input function in sys/netinet6/mld6.c in the kernel in NetBSD 4.0, FreeBSD, and KAME, when INET6 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ICMPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) query with a certain Maximum Response Delay value.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-netbsd.htmlExploit
cret@cert.orghttp://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
cret@cert.orghttp://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.46&r2=1.47&f=h
cret@cert.orghttp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-011.txt.asc
cret@cert.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020822
cret@cert.orghttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
cret@cert.orghttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.34%3Br2=1.35%3Bf=h
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/817940US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31026
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-netbsd.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.46&r2=1.47&f=h
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-011.txt.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020822
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/mld6.c.diff?r1=1.34%3Br2=1.35%3Bf=h
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/817940US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31026
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kame kame *
freebsd freebsd *
netbsd netbsd 4.0

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              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "cret@cert.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
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              "vulnerable": true
            },
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            },
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      "value": "The mld_input function in sys/netinet6/mld6.c in the kernel in NetBSD 4.0, FreeBSD, and KAME, when INET6 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ICMPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) query with a certain Maximum Response Delay value."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "La Funci\u00f3n mld_input en sys/netinet6/mld6.c in the kernel en NetBSD 4.0, FreeBSD, y KAME, cuando INET6 est\u00e1 habilitado, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (Error de divisi\u00f3n entre 0 y ca\u00edda) a trav\u00e9s de una petici\u00f3n ICMPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) mal formada  con un determinado valor de \"Maximum Response Delay\"."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2008-2464",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:53:49.720",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "baseScore": 7.1,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 6.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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  },
  "published": "2008-09-11T01:10:39.570",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "source": "cret@cert.org",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/817940"
    },
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      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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    }
  ]
}



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