vulnerability
FreeBSD: FreeBSD -- SCTP ICMPv6 error message vulnerability (FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp) (CVE-2016-1879)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 29, 2016 | Aug 12, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 29, 2016
Added
Aug 12, 2016
Modified
Oct 30, 2017
Description
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 9.3 before p33, 10.1 before p26, and 10.2 before p9, when the kernel is configured for IPv6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure or NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ICMPv6 packet.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-base-10_1-release-p26freebsd-upgrade-base-10_2-release-p9freebsd-upgrade-base-9_3-release-p33
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