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networkd ndisc: Bug can be used for a denial-of-service attack #5638

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hendrikw01 opened this issue Mar 25, 2017 · 0 comments
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networkd ndisc: Bug can be used for a denial-of-service attack #5638

hendrikw01 opened this issue Mar 25, 2017 · 0 comments
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hendrikw01 commented Mar 25, 2017 •
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Only one specific Router Advertisement message is needed to basically kill the network connections of all systems in a network running systemd-networkd with ipv6.
It is pretty much the attack stated in RFC862 section 5.5.3.e
See my comments in #5636 for details.
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