Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23943Denial Of Service (DoS)
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
The kernel is vulnerable denial of service (DoS).A flaw was found in the IPv6 Extension Header (EH) handling implementation in the Linux kernel. The skb->dst data structure was not properly validated in the ipv6_hop_jumbo() function. This could possibly lead to a remote denial of service.
References
bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8450
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e76b2b2567b83448c2ee85a896433b96150c92e6
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e76b2b2567b83448c2ee85a896433b96150c92e6
secunia.com/advisories/25505
secunia.com/advisories/28170
secunia.com/advisories/28706
secunia.com/advisories/38015
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26943
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0019
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0053
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0079
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0095
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4567
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548641
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39171
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11083
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7474
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
usn.ubuntu.com/558-1/
Related
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