SB2020022021 - Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeBSD

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5363)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The IPv6 implementation in FreeBSD and NetBSD (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2393.

2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5365)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The IPv6 implementation in FreeBSD and NetBSD (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets containing multiple Routing entries.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/12
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56170/info