FKIE_CVE-2004-0626

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-12-06 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem in Linux kernel 2.6, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a large option length that produces a negative integer after a casting operation to the char type.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lwn.net/Articles/91964/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108861141304495&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16554
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lwn.net/Articles/91964/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108861141304495&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16554
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
conectiva linux 10
gentoo linux *
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
suse suse_linux 8.0
suse suse_linux 8.1
suse suse_linux 8.2
suse suse_linux 9.0
suse suse_linux 9.1
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