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How to Disable IPv6 on Linux
IPv6 offers a much larger addressing scheme than IPv4, which is one of the many reasons it was developed. However, I have seen rare instances in which IPv6 has caused network problems. Since some hardware doesn’t take advantage of IPv6 (and some admins might be working with IPv4), a temporary and easy solution is to disable IPv6. The protocol can…
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New Windows Vulnerability Impacts PCs With IPv6
Security updates are an important way to keep your devices safe, and if you have a Windows PC, you’ll definitely want to install any available updates. Microsoft is now patching a significant vulnerability caused by the IPv6 stack in Windows. Microsoft has confirmed a critical vulnerability in its TCP/IP protocol that could allow remote attackers to execute code on all…
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Zero-click Windows TCP/IP RCE impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled, patch now
Microsoft warned customers this Tuesday to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with an increased likelihood of exploitation that impacts all Windows systems using IPv6, which is enabled by default. Found by Kunlun Lab’s XiaoWei and tracked as CVE-2024-38063, this security bug is caused by an Integer Underflow weakness, which attackers could exploit to trigger buffer overflows that…
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