FreeBSD Security Advisory: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in rtsold Daemon via ND6 Router Advertisements
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Summary
FreeBSD has released a security advisory (SA-25:12.rtsold) addressing a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the rtsold daemon related to ND6 Router Advertisements. The vulnerability affects all supported versions of FreeBSD and was discovered by Kevin Day. The advisory provides details on the issue, affected systems, and patching information, with fixes already available in the stable branches. This is a core security update for the FreeBSD operating system.
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· 5 pulledTopic: Remote code execution via ND6 Router Advertisements
Category: core
Module: rtsold
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Credits: Kevin Day
Article URL: https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-25:12.rtsold.asc
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46310104
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