CVE-2007-0343 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 ICMP echo request packets, affecting OpenBSD systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-0343?
CVE-2007-0343 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openbsd Openbsd, published on 18 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenBSD before 20070116 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via certain IPv6 ICMP (aka ICMP6) echo request packets.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0343?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openbsd Openbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0343?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0343 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-0343 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0343 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openbsd Openbsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q65h-9cx7-jh86.