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CVE-2012-5365:
Linux Debian vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The IPv6 implementation in FreeBSD and NetBSD (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) contains a vulnerability identified as CVE-2012-5365. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding the target system with ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets containing multiple Routing entries (NVD, OSS Security).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. Under CVSS v2.0, it received a Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability affects the availability of the target system. The attack specifically impacts the IPv6 implementation, causing a denial of service condition through resource exhaustion when processing malicious ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets (NVD).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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