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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2008-2476 Detail

Description

The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, (2) OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3, (3) NetBSD, (4) Force10 FTOS before E7.7.1.1, (5) Juniper JUNOS, and (6) Wind River VxWorks 5.x through 6.4 does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network traffic via a spoofed message that modifies the Forward Information Base (FIB).


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/28/2017)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-013.txt.asc CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32112 CERT/CC, CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32116 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32117 CERT/CC, CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32133 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32406 CERT/CC, CVE
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6.asc CERT/CC, CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020968 CERT/CC, CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3467 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/472363 CERT/CC, CVE US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2RY7 CERT/CC, CVE US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2S68 CERT/CC, CVE US Government Resource 
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#015_ndp CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#006_ndp CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31529 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021109 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021132 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2750 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2751 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2752 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0633 CERT/CC, CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45601 CERT/CC, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5670 CERT/CC, CVE
https://www.juniper.net/alerts/viewalert.jsp?actionBtn=Search&txtAlertNumber=PSN-2008-09-036&viewMode=view CERT/CC, CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2476
NVD Published Date:
10/03/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
CERT/CC