CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-2242

Published: Apr 25, 2007 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers (IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification between two routers.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openbsd Openbsd 3.9 (including) 3.9 (including)
Openbsd Openbsd 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-source-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.4.el5 *

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