Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in NetBSD, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
NetBSD "ipcomp6_input()" Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28816
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/28816/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
NetBSD 3.1
https://secunia.com/product/16089/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in NetBSD, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable KAME Project
code.
For more information:
SA28788
SOLUTION:
Apply patch.
https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff?r1=1.22.14.2&r2=1.22.14.2.4.1&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-1
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
NetBSD credits the Coverity Prevent analysis tool.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c?f=u&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28788:
https://secunia.com/advisories/28788/
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