CVE-2004-0626

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem in Linux kernel 2.6, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a large option length that produces a negative integer after a casting operation to the char type.

The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem in Linux kernel 2.6, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a large option length that produces a negative integer after a casting operation to the char type.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-06 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 10

10

Gentoo Linux

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.0

8.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.1

8.1

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.2

8.2

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.0

9.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.1

9.1

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