Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3858
Published: November 28, 2005 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95466
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3858
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3858
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18562
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9396
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/