Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 7, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-4669
CVE-2010-4669
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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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/events/3957.en.htmlnvdExploit
- mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp3nvdExploit
- www.youtube.com/watchnvdExploit
- mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp4nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45760nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64583nvd
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