CVE-2005-3806

Summary

The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18977
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9903
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
• http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15729
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18562

References

• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18977
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9903
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
• http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15729
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18562

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