security flaw

The iptrecent kernel module iptrecent.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier does not properly perform certain time tests when the jiffies value is greater than LONGMAX, which can cause iptrecent netfilter rules to block too early, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2872...

MDKSA-2005:220 - Updated kernel packages fix numerous vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:220 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ Package : kernel Date : November 30, 2005 Affected: 10.2 Problem Description: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.6 kernel have been discovered and corrected in this...

security flaw

The iptrecent kernel module iptrecent.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.12, when running on 64-bit processors such as AMD64, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel panic via certain attacks such as SSH brute force, which leads to memset calls using a length based on the uint32t...