CVE-2008-3530 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the kernel of FreeBSD and NetBSD operating systems. Specifically, the sys/netinet6/icmp6.c component fails to adequately validate the proposed MTU in an ICMPv6 Packet Too Big Message, allowing a remote attacker to trigger a system panic. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.