National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-3858

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9396

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9396

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-kernel] 20050829 Re: Linux 2.6.12.6

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-kernel] 20050826 [PATCH 7/7] [IPV6]: Fix SKB leak in ip6_input_finish()

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-231-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-231-1

External Source: BID

Name: 16043

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16043

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0140

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0101

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1018

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1017

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19374

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19369

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19369

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19038

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19038

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 18562

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18562

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 18510

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18510

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 18203

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18203

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:012

Hyperlink:http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9396

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9396