Integer underflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2004-0816
Published: December 23, 2004 / Updated: August 10, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95773
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2004-0816
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Integer underflow in the firewall logging rules for iptables in Linux before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed IP packet.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2004-0816
Install update from vendor's repository.