New publications

TCP Idle Scans in IPv6, by Mathias Morbitzer, article published in HITB Magazine

This article focuses on the "TCP Idle Scan" network scanning method with IPv6: differences with IPv4, behavior of different operating systems, defense mechanisms, etc. Although the format differs, the content of the article is similar to the presentation given at the HITB conference (see November's article).

New tools

THC-IPv6 by Marc Heuse, version 2.5 (changelog)

This new public version integrates new tools such as a fuzzer DHCPv6 server. In addition, other options have been added to tools that existed in older versions.

IPv6 toolkit by Fernando Gont, version 1.5.2 (changelog)

This version includes some minor improvements.

New vulnerabilities

NetBSD-SA2013-012, OSVDB-101452 (Router Advertisement sysctl local Denial of Service)

• Affected product: NetBSD
• Impact: Denial of service