CVE-2005-3858

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (16)

[Various Sources] http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16043

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9396

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18203

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18510

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18562

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19038

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19369

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

Scores

EPSS 0.0168

EPSS Percentile 81.9%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (26)

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Nov 27, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026