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CVE-2004-0257

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 pack

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02029
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
netbsdall versions
openbsdall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD23 Nov 2004 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-002.txt.asc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016704.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604603226564&w=2
http://www.guninski.com/obsdmtu.html
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
http://www.osvdb.org/3825
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