| Name | CVE-2007-2242 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1356-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 421595 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - kfreebsd-5 <no-dsa> (No security support for KFreeBSD)
This should be off by default, tweakable by a simple knob.
(FreeBSD has it turned on for hosts, too.)