CVE-2008-2476 — Improper Input Validation in Vxworks

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
10.5%
top 6.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Windriver VxworksFreebsdOpenbsd
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateMay 3

Description

The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, (2) OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3, (3) NetBSD, (4) Force10 FTOS before E7.7.1.1, (5) Juniper JUNOS, and (6) Wind River VxWorks 5.x through 6.4 does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network traffic via a spoofed message that modifies the Forward Information Base (FIB).

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDopenbsd/openbsd4.2, 4.3+1

Also affects: Freebsd 6.3, 7.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xvw3-ghj5-vvrf: The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6↗2022-05-03
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CVEList
CVE-2008-2476: The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6↗2008-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Juniper
CVE-2008-2476: The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, (2) OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3, (3) NetBSD, (4) Force10 FTOS before↗2008-10-03
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol routing vulnerability↗2008-10-02
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Red Hat
CVE-2008-2476: The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6↗
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