Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0210
Published: May 2, 2005 / Updated: October 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92878
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0210
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Netfilter in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain packet fragments that are reassembled twice, which causes a data structure to be allocated twice.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-0210
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000945
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111091402626556&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/14966
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12816
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10275