# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2011
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2010-4560, GHSA-v7c3-qvjr-7hpp

## 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: 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.

## 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:

- https://github.com/wrong-commit/CVE-2010-4669 (github_poc): https://github.com/wrong-commit/CVE-2010-4669

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

- [CVE-2008-0015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0015/): Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-1701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1701/): Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-5065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5065/): Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2011-1268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1268/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1868/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4669 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4669/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4669/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4669
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4669
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4669

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