FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6 Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol routing vulnerability Category: core Module: sysnetinet6 Announced:...

IPv6 implementations insecurely update Forwarding Information Base

Overview A vulnerability in some implementations of the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol may allow a nearby attacker to intercept traffic or cause congested links to become overloaded. Description IPv6 networks use the Neighbor Discovery Protocol NDP to detect and locate routers and other on-link...

FreeBSD -- IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol routing vulnerability

Problem Description IPv6 routers may allow "on-link" IPv6 nodes to create and update the router's neighbor cache and forwarding information. A malicious IPv6 node sharing a common router but on a different physical segment from another node may be able to spoof Neighbor Discovery messages, allowi...