CVE-2019-5597
mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In FreeBSD 11.3-PRERELEASE and 12.0-STABLE before r347591, 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p10, and 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p4, a bug in the pf IPv6 fragment reassembly logic incorrectly uses the last extension header offset from the last received packet instead of the first packet allowing maliciously crafted IPv6 packets to cause a crash or potentially bypass the packet filter.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1
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affected products (9)
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references (30)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152933/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-05.pf.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.freebsd.org/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108395cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5597cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152933/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-05.pf.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:05.pf.asccnnvd
- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:05.pf.asccnnvd
- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:06.pf.asccnnvd
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