| Name | CVE-2008-0177 |
| Description | The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| kfreebsd-5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| kfreebsd-6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| kfreebsd-7 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- kfreebsd-7 <not-affected> (see bug #483152)
- kfreebsd-6 <not-affected> (see bug #483152)
[etch] - kfreebsd-5 <no-dsa> (FreeBSD not supported)
Linux kernel code is not affected, the proper check is there
(somewhat difficult to spot, it happens in the caller).