PT-2008-4960 · Netbsd · Netbsd

Published 2008-09-11 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3584

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetBSD versions 3.0 through 4.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by sending a crafted PPPoE packet. This occurs because the length of a PPPoE packet tag is not properly checked when a pppoe instance exists.

Recommendations For NetBSD versions 3.0 through 4.0, consider disabling the PPPoE functionality until a proper fix is applied to prevent the system crash.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3584

Affected Products

Netbsd

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3584 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-010.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31597 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020749 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3467 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0633 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44679 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30838 · Note