Unscored severity · published Feb 2, 2012
CVE-2011-2393
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
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CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and device hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2010-4670.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Netbsd · Netbsd
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2393
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2393
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/86
www.mh-sec.de
http://www.mh-sec.de/downloads/mh-RA_flooding_CVE-2010-multiple.txt
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