Processing of IPv6 "atomic" fragments
draft-gont-6man-ipv6-atomic-fragments-00
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-gont-6man-ipv6-atomic-fragments-00.txt
Abstract
IPv6 allows packets to contain a Fragment Header, without the packet being actually fragmented into multiple pieces. Such packets typically result from hosts that have received an ICMPv6 "Packet Too Big" error message that advertises a "Next-Hop MTU" smaller than 1280 bytes, and are currently processed by hosts as "fragmented traffic". By forging ICMPv6 "Packet Too Big" error messages an attacker can cause hosts to employ "atomic fragments", and the launch any fragmentation-based attacks against such traffic. This document discusses the generation of the aforementioned "atomic fragments", the corresponding security implications, and formally updates RFC 2460 and RFC 5722 such that the attack vector based on "atomic fragments" is completely eliminated.
Authors
Fernando Gont (fgont@si6networks.com)
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