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CVE-2010-4670 Detail

Description

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2(3) and earlier, and Cisco PIX Security Appliances devices, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and device hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package, aka Bug ID CSCti24526.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/events/3957.en.html Exploit 
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/events/3957.en.html Exploit 
http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp3 Exploit 
http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp3 Exploit 
http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp4
http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp4
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45760
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45760
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yjWB6gGy8 Exploit 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yjWB6gGy8 Exploit 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64598
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64598

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4670
NVD Published Date:
01/07/2011
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE