CVE-2008-3584 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NetBSD 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0, when a pppoe instance exists, does not properly check the length of a PPPoE packet tag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted PPPoE packet.

Published: 2008-09-11

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 2.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3570	NetBSD 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0, when a pppoe instance exists, does not properly check the length of a PPPoE packet tag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted PPPoE packet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02484.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-010.txt.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/31597
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3467
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30838
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0633
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44679

History

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Subscriptions

Netbsd Netbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-09-11T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:45:18.679Z

Reserved: 2008-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3584

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-11T21:06:44.697

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3584

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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