CVE-2005-3858

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.

Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 19 years ago

2005-11-27 22:03:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-03 21:33:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.4

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.5

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.6

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.7

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.8

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1

2.6.8.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.10

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.11

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.1

2.6.11.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.2

2.6.11.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.3

2.6.11.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.4

2.6.11.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5

2.6.11.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6

2.6.11.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7

2.6.11.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.8

2.6.11.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.9

2.6.11.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.10

2.6.11.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.11

2.6.11.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12

2.6.11.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12

2.6.12

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