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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.8/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/events/3957.en.htmlExploit
- http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp3Exploit
- http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45760
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yjWB6gGy8Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64583
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/events/3957.en.htmlExploit
- http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp3Exploit
- http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45760
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yjWB6gGy8Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64583
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 7, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified