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CVE-2009-0687

Published: Aug 11, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
9.5%
Top 5.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

The pf_test_rule function in OpenBSD Packet Filter (PF), as used in OpenBSD 4.2 through 4.5, NetBSD 5.0 before RC3, MirOS 10 and earlier, and MidnightBSD 0.3-current allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IP packets that trigger a NULL pointer dereference during translation, related to an IPv4 packet with an ICMPv6 payload.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

midnightbsd
oss-project
midnightbsdOn-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
mirbsd
oss-project
mirosOn-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
netbsd
oss-project·US
netbsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
openbsd
oss-project·CA
openbsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.3/common/013_pf.patch
ftp.openbsd.org
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-001.txt.asc
ftp.netbsd.org
http://www.helith.net/txt/multiple_vendor-PF_null_pointer_dereference.txt
helith.net
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