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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3686

Original release date:08/14/2008

Last revised:03/19/2012

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The rt6_fill_node function in net/ipv6/route.c in Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc4, 2.6.26.2, and possibly other 2.6.26 versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via IPv6 requests when no IPv6 input device is in use, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.9 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.9

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/18/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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External Source: XF

Name: linux-kernel-rt6fillnode-dos(44605)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44605

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2422

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2422

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31579

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31579

External Source: MLIST