KAME IPv6 Stack Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending an IPv6 Packet Containing an IPComp Header
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019314
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019314
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0177
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Feb 27 2008
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Original Entry Date: Feb 7 2008
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in the KAME IPv6 Stack. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header to cause the target service to crash.
Shoichi Sakane of the KAME project
reported this vulnerability.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/110947
Apple Mac OS
X xnu is also affected. A demonstration exploit from mu-b of digit-labs.org is available at:
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-ipv6-ipcomp.c
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Impact: A remote user can cause the target system to crash.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a source code fix, available at:
http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff?r1=1.36;r2=1.37
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Vendor URL: www.kame.net/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: UNIX (BSD/OS), UNIX (FreeBSD), UNIX (NetBSD), UNIX (OpenBSD)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:52:20 -0500
Subject: KAME project IPv6 IPComp header denial of service vulnerability
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/110947
CVE-2008-0177
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