Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0177
CVE-2008-0177
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.
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References
20- secunia.com/advisories/28788nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27642nvdPatch
- cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.cnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28816nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/110947nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28979nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29130nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30430nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31074nvd
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.ascnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diffnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0441nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0688nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/referencesnvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5191nvd
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