CVE-2010-4563

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent. This can be demonstrated using tools like thcping when the Linux kernel is using IPv6.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.