CVE-2007-0343

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Published Jan 18, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

OpenBSD before 20070116 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via certain IPv6 ICMP (aka ICMP6) echo request packets.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0345	OpenBSD before 20070116 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via certain IPv6 ICMP (aka ICMP6) echo request packets.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.3% (2.296% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/23830
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017518
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#icmp6
http://www.openbsd.org/errata39.html#icmp6
http://www.osvdb.org/32935
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22087

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 18, 2007, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:12 PM
Reserved: Jan 17, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 18, 2007, 2:28 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

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