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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:06:43 -0500
From: Jim Thompson <jim@...gate.com>
To: Eitan Adler <lists@...anadler.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Security Team <secteam@...ebsd.org>,
 "freebsd-net@...ebsd.org" <net@...ebsd.org>,
 ljungmark@...io.se,
 oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request : IPv6 Hop limit lowering via RA messages

have you considered that there might not be a relevant patch because FreeBSD’s implementation isn’t affected?

Jim

> On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:15 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@...anadler.com> wrote:
> 
> + FreeBSD lists since I haven't seen any relevant patches (although I
> might have missed them).
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: D.S. Ljungmark <ljungmark@...io.se>
> Date: 2 April 2015 at 10:19
> Subject: [oss-security] CVE Request : IPv6 Hop limit lowering via RA messages
> To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
> 
> 
> An unprivileged user on a local network can use IPv6 Neighbour
> Discovery ICMP to broadcast a non-route with a low hop limit, this
> causing machines to lower the hop limit on existing IPv6 routes.
> 
> Linux Patch: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg322361.html
> Redhat bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712
> 
> Projects impacted:  Linux kernel,  NetworkManager, FreeBSD Kernel
> 
> 
> Regards,
>  D.S. Ljungmark
> 
> 
> -- 
> Eitan Adler
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