Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16043 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 ↗
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9396 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 ↗