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TITLE:
NetBSD ICMPv6 "Packet Too Big" MTU Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32401

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32401/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
NetBSD 3.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16089/
NetBSD 4.0
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19753/

DESCRIPTION:
NetBSD has acknowledged a vulnerability, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA31745

Note: The vulnerability only affects systems with IPv6 support.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the CVS repository. See vendor advisory for details.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
NetBSD-SA2008-015:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-015.txt.asc

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31745:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31745/

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