Memory corruption in FreeBSD - CVE-2019-5608
Published: August 9, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20022
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5608
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the MLDv2 listener when processing ICMPv6 packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted ICMPv6 traffic to the affected system and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5608
Install updates from vendor's website.