FKIE_CVE-2018-17156

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-11-28 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:45
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340268) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, due to incorrectly accounting for padding on 64-bit platforms, a buffer underwrite could occur when constructing an ICMP reply packet when using a non-standard value for the net.inet.icmp.quotelen sysctl.
References
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106052Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secteam@freebsd.orghttps://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:13.icmp.ascExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106052Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:13.icmp.ascExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freebsd freebsd *
freebsd freebsd 11.2
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  "affected": [
    {
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          "product": "FreeBSD",
          "vendor": "FreeBSD",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "FreeBSD 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p5"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "secteam@freebsd.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
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  ],
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      "value": "In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340268) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, due to incorrectly accounting for padding on 64-bit platforms, a buffer underwrite could occur when constructing an ICMP reply packet when using a non-standard value for the net.inet.icmp.quotelen sysctl."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En FreeBSD, en versiones anteriores a la 11.2-STABLE(r340268) y 11.2-RELEASE-p5, debido al recuento incorrecto de relleno en plataformas de 64 bits, podr\u00eda ocurrir una subescritura de b\u00fafer al construir un paquete de respuesta ICMP al emplear un valor no est\u00e1ndar para la sysctl net.inet.icmp.quotelen."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2018-17156",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:45:26.850",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "secteam@freebsd.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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  ]
}


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