7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.07 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.9%
The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel
before 2.6.22 does not properly validate the hop-by-hop IPv6 extended
header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted IPv6 packet.
Author | Note |
---|---|
kees | introduced in 2.6.20, fixed in 2.6.22 |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 7.04 | noarch | linux-source-2.6.20 | < 2.6.20-16.33 | UNKNOWN |