#VU20022 Memory corruption in FreeBSD - CVE-2019-5608

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#VU20022 Memory corruption in FreeBSD - CVE-2019-5608

Published: August 9, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20022
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
FreeBSD
Software vendor:
FreeBSD Foundation

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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