14966 : Linux Kernel Netfilter Memory Leak DoS
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Disclosure

Mar 15, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

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Exploit

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Solution

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : 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.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.9
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-06 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_2

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