PT-2012-1309 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Marc Heuse · Published 2012-02-02 · Updated 2026-03-13 · CVE-2010-4563

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent. This can be demonstrated using tools like thcping when the Linux kernel is using IPv6.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

AZL-34845

AZL-6515

CVE-2010-4563

ECHO-1893-BD96-A84A

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2010-4563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4563 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-6515 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-34845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2010-4563 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/254 · Note
• http://seclists.org/dailydave/2011/q2/25 · Note