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High
CVE-2005-3858
Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16043
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9396
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18562
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.8.1, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.1, 2.6.11.2, 2.6.11.3, 2.6.11.4, 2.6.11.5, 2.6.11.6, 2.6.11.7, 2.6.11.8, 2.6.11.9, 2.6.11.10, 2.6.11.11, 2.6.11.12, 2.6.12
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 27th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.