CVE-2024-6640

pf incorrectly matches different ICMPv6 states in the state table

Medium · published August 11, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND), the ID is always 0. When pf is configured to allow ND and block incoming Echo Requests, a crafted Echo Request packet after a Neighbor Solicitation (NS) can trigger an Echo Reply. The packet has to come from the same host as the NS and have a zero as identifier to match the state created by the Neighbor Discovery and allow replies to be generated.

ICMPv6 packets with identifier value of zero bypass firewall rules written on the assumption that the incoming packets are going to create a state in the state table.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00462 · 39.1th percentile
Published
2024-08-11T02:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 02:33Z
    pf incorrectly matches different ICMPv6 states in the state table
    cvelistv5