National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2136

Overview

Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-3949

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html

External Source: XF

Name: linux-kernel-ipip6rcv-dos(42451)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42451

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1716

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1716/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1543

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-625-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020118

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020118

External Source: BID

Name: 29235

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29235

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0973

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0787

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0612

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0607

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0607.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0585

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:174

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:167

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.5

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.5

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1588

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-362.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-362.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33280

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33280

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33201

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33201

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31689

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31689

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31628

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31341

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31341

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31198

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31198

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31107

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30962

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30962

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30818

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30499

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30499

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30368

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30368

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30276

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30276

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30241

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30241

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30198

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30198

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6503

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6503

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11038

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11038

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-kernel] 20080509 Re: When should kfree_skb be used?

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121031533024912&w=2

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:032

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:030

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11038

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11038

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6503

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6503