CVE-2008-4404
The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation on IBM zSeries servers does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation on IBM zSeries servers does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network traffic via a spoofed message that modifies the Forward Information Base (FIB), a related issue to CVE-2008-2476.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.17% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- ibm/zseries
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/472363US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2RZ8US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/472363US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2RZ8US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.