CVE-2008-0177

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header.

Affected products

Kame Ipcomp: all versions

References

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c?f=u&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28788
http://secunia.com/advisories/28816
http://secunia.com/advisories/28979
http://secunia.com/advisories/29130
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.asc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019314
http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff?r1=1.36%3Br2=1.37

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