NetBSD Memory Corruption Error in Processing IPv6 Packets May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1040387 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1040387
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 14 2018
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Impact:
Denial of service via network, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 6.0 - 6.0.5, 6.1 - 6.1.4, 7.0 - 7.0.2, 7.1
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in NetBSD. A remote user may be able to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote user can send specially crafted nested IPv6 fragments to trigger a memory corruption flaw and overwrite random portions of kernel memory to potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Code execution has not been confirmed by the vendor.
Maxime Villard reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user may be able to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix.
The vendor advisory is available at:
https://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2018-004.txt.asc
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Vendor URL: ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2018-004.txt.asc (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Message History:
None.
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