Description
NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a packet with an unaligned IP timestamp option.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- FreeBSD 3.4/4.0/5.0 / NetBSD 1.4 - Unaligned IP Option Denial of Service EDB-19896 · dos · May 4, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1173 vdb-entry
- 20000506 [NHC20000504a.0: NetBSD Panics when sent unaligned IP options] mailing-list