CVE-2010-4669

Published Jan 7, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 29.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4634 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:51 AM
Reserved
Jan 6, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 7, 2011, 12:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:25 PM