CVE-2008-4404

N/A Unknown
Published: October 03, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation on IBM zSeries servers 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), a related issue to CVE-2008-2476.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/472363
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2RZ8
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/472363
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7H2RZ8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

ibm