CVE-2010-4669 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause system hangs and CPU exhaustion in Windows IPv6 stacks by flooding Router Advertisement messages.
- 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-2010-4669?
CVE-2010-4669 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 7 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4669?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4669?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4669 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-2010-4669 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4669 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Sources
Also known as CVE-2010-4560, GHSA-v7c3-qvjr-7hpp.