kernel: net: IPv6 fragmentation implementation of nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option

The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and BUG or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send syste...

The vulnerability of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of the Cisco IOS operating system, which allows a hacker to inject code or trigger a system reboot.

Many vulnerabilities in the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP subsystem of the Cisco IOS operating system are caused by buffer overflows. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities allows a malicious actor to inject code into the system or cause it to restart by sending specially created SNMP...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10142

An issue was discovered in the IPv6 protocol specification, related to ICMP Packet Too Big PTB messages. The scope of this CVE is all affected IPv6 implementations from all vendors. The security implications of IP fragmentation have been discussed at length in RFC6274 and RFC7739. An attacker can...

kernel: IPv6 connect causes DoS via NULL pointer dereference

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's network subsystem handled socket creation with an invalid protocol identifier. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system...

Microsoft Windows denial of service (DoS) vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Windows contains a denial of service DoS vulnerability. Microsoft Windows contains a denial of service DoS vulnerability caused by IPv6 packets with malformed extension headers. Darren Willis of Fourteenforty Research Institute Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC...