The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, (2) OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3, (3) NetBSD, (4) Force10 FTOS before E7.7.1.1, (5) Juniper JUNOS, and (6) Wind River VxWorks 5.x through 6.4 does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network traffic via a spoofed message that modifies the Forward Information Base (FIB)
Published Oct 3, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.42%
Description
The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, (2) OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3, (3) NetBSD, (4) Force10 FTOS before E7.7.1.1, (5) Juniper JUNOS, and (6) Wind River VxWorks 5.x through 6.4 does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network traffic via a spoofed message that modifies the Forward Information Base (FIB).
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.42% (0.07425) | 94.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 7.42% (0.07425) | 93.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.61% (0.04606) | 90.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 18, 2026 | 10.50% (0.10501) | 93.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 17.48% (0.17476) | 94.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 14.85% (0.14849) | 94.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.72% (0.08725) | 91.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 17.57% (0.17568) | 91.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.72% (0.08725) | 91.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.19% (0.03186) | 91.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.70% (0.02698) | 88.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.43% (0.08427) | 93.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.43% (0.08427) | 93.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.43% (0.08427) | 82.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (27)
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-013.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32112 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32116 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32117 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32133 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32406 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020968 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3467 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/472363 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2RY7 x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2S68 x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#015_ndp vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#006_ndp vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31529 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021109 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021132 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2750 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2751 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2752 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0633 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2476 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45601 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2476
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5670 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2476
- https://www.juniper.net/alerts/viewalert.jsp?actionBtn=Search&txtAlertNumber=PSN-2008-09-036&viewMode=view x_refsource_MISC
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