CVE-2016-1879 (GCVE-0-2016-1879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39305/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeB… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034673 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135369/FreeB… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2016-01-14 00:00
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