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CVE-2004-0370

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2004-03-29	setsockopt(2) IPv6 sockets input validation error

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CVE-2004-0370 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2004-0370
Phase	Assigned(20040324)

Description

The setsockopt call in the KAME Project IPv6 implementation, as used in FreeBSD 5.2, does not properly handle certain IPv6 socket options, which could allow attackers to read kernel memory and cause a system panic.

References

Source	Reference
FREEBSD	FreeBSD-SA-04:06
BID	9992
SECUNIA	11233
XF	freebsd-ipv6-dos(15662)