PT-2005-4557 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2005-11-25 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-3809

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 2.6.14 up to 2.6.14.3

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a kernel oops, by sending an update message without private protocol information. This triggers a null dereference in the nfattr to tcp function in ip conntrack proto tcp.c in ctnetlink.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 2.6.14 up to 2.6.14.3, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent denial of service attacks.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3809

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3809 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113269476105016&w=2 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.14.3 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/24114 · Note