# CVE-2006-6263: Teredo clients, when source routing is enabled, recognize a Routing header in an encapsulated IPv6 packet and send the packet to the next ho

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-12-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Teredo clients, when source routing is enabled, recognize a Routing header in an encapsulated IPv6 packet and send the packet to the next hop, which might allow remote attackers to bypass policies of certain Internet gateways that drop all source-routed packets.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/Teredo_Security.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452996/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452989/100/0/threaded

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