CVE-2020-16898: “Bad Neighbor”
ID: effdf454-402c-5c51-84dd-354e22b9957f
STIX ID: report--effdf454-402c-5c51-84dd-354e22b9957f
Feed Name: McAfee Labs Blog
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Microsoft disclosed CVE-2020-16898 (“Bad Neighbor”), a critical CVSS 8.8 vulnerability in the Windows IPv6 stack where malformed ICMPv6 Router Advertisement RDNSS options with even length values lead to incorrect buffer handling that causes BSoD and may enable remote code execution; the advisory explains the root cause, detection heuristics, recommended mitigations (patching, disabling IPv6 or dropping ICMPv6), and provides vendor NSP signatures and Suricata rules as virtual patches.
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