Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3848

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU99726

Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3848

Published: November 27, 2005 / Updated: October 3, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99726
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-2005-3848
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
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 icmp_push_reply function in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted packets that cause the ip_append_data function to fail, aka 'DST leak in icmp_push_reply.'


How to mitigate CVE-2005-3848

Install update from vendor's repository.

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