CVE-2008-0177 Information

Description

The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header.

Reference

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c?f=u&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-1 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28788 http://secunia.com/advisories/28816 http://secunia.com/advisories/28979 http://secunia.com/advisories/29130 http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.asc http://securitytracker.com/id?1019314 http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff?r1=1.36;r2=1.37 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/110947 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27642 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0441 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0688 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5191