CVE-2008-1057 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a system panic and denial of service in OpenBSD by sending malformed IPv6 routing headers.
- 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-2008-1057?
CVE-2008-1057 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openbsd Openbsd, published on 28 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ip6_check_rh0hdr function in netinet6/ip6_input.c in OpenBSD 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via malformed IPv6 routing headers.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1057?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openbsd Openbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1057?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1057 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-2008-1057 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1057 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openbsd Openbsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73xh-g32c-q6x8.