OpenBSD up to 2.6 ARP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in OpenBSD up to 2.6. Affected is an unknown function of the component ARP Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0914. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenBSD up to 2.6 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component ARP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenBSD 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding the server with ARP requests.

The bug was discovered 10/05/2000. The weakness was published 10/05/2000 by SegFault with Skype (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0914. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 2.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5340), Exploit-DB (20271), SecurityFocus (BID 1759†) and OSVDB (1592†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenBSD 2.7

Timelineinfo

10/05/2000 🔍
10/05/2000 +0 days 🔍
10/05/2000 +0 days 🔍
12/19/2000 +75 days 🔍
02/21/2003 +794 days 🔍
07/01/2014 +4147 days 🔍
01/05/2025 +3841 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: SegFault
Organization: Skype
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0914 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0914
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16125
X-Force: 5340 - BSD systems ARP request denial of service
SecurityFocus: 1759 - OpenBSD Pending ARP Request Remote DoS Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1592 - OpenBSD Pending ARP Request Remote DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2014 17:25
Updated: 01/05/2025 18:29
Changes: 07/01/2014 17:25 (56), 05/28/2018 09:15 (7), 01/05/2025 18:29 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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