# CVE-2002-2185: The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) allows local users to cause a denial of service via an IGMP membership report to a target's Et

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-11-16 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) allows local users to cause a denial of service via an IGMP membership report to a target's Ethernet address instead of the Multicast group address, which causes the target to stop sending reports to the router and effectively disconnect the group from the network.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9436
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10736
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020901-01-A
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5020
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276968
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
- http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~krishna/igmp_dos/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18562

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