CVE-2008-4404 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can spoof IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages to cause denial of service or read private network traffic on IBM zSeries servers.
- 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-2008-4404?
CVE-2008-4404 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation on IBM zSeries servers 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), a related issue to CVE-2008-2476.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4404?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Zseries.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4404?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4404 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-2008-4404 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4404 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5c8h-74jm-rr6m.