CVE-2006-4572

CVE-2006-4572 concerns the Linux kernel’s netfilter ip6_tables. Affects the IPv6 tables implementation in versions prior to 2.6.16.31, allowing remote attackers to bypass security rules: (1) a protocol-disallow rule via a fragment header-adjacent protocol header, and (2) a header-extension rule v...

CVE-2006-4572: Undefined Security Weakness

ip6tables in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16.31 allows remote attackers to 1 bypass a rule that disallows a protocol, via a packet with the protocol header not located immediately after the fragment header, aka "ip6tables protocol bypass bug;" and 2 bypass a rule that looks for a...

PT-2006-5360 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.16.31 Description: The issue allows remote attackers to bypass rules in ip6 tables in netfilter. This can be achieved in two ways: 1 by sending a packet with the protocol header not located immediately after...