CVE-2012-5365 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in FreeBSD and NetBSD by flooding ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets with multiple routing entries.
- 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-2012-5365?
CVE-2012-5365 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 20 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IPv6 implementation in FreeBSD and NetBSD (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets containing multiple Routing entries.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5365?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5365?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5365 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-2012-5365 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5365 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cqfq-qwg5-cf8p.