{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-6man-overlap-fragment-03",
  "doc_id": "RFC5722",
  "title": "Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments",
  "authors": [
    "S. Krishnan"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "6",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "IPv6 Maintenance",
  "abstract": "The fragmentation and reassembly algorithm specified in the base IPv6 specification allows fragments to overlap.  This document demonstrates the security issues associated with allowing overlapping fragments and updates the IPv6 specification to explicitly forbid overlapping fragments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "December 2009",
  "keywords": [
    "fragmentation",
    "overlapping fragments"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [
    "RFC2460"
  ],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC6946"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC5722",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc5722"
}