Description
The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not generate Fragment Identification values separately for each destination, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.
Affected products
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027274 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/5 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723429 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 ↗