SB2008051601 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel

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SB2008051601 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel

Published: May 16, 2008

Security Bulletin ID SB2008051601
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2136)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References