CVE-2010-4563 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Linux kernel, when using IPv6, allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent, as demonstrated by thcping.

Published: 2012-02-02

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-4529	The Linux kernel, when using IPv6, allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent, as demonstrated by thcping.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00124.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/dailydave/2011/q2/25
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/254
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4563
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4563

History

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Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-02-02T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:02:43.532Z

Reserved: 2010-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4563

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-02-02T17:55:00.847

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-4563

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4563 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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