PT-2006-2258 · Linux+1 · Linux+1

Marco Ivaldi · Published 2006-03-15 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-1242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux versions 2.4.x through 2.6.15

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct an Idle Scan attack, which bypasses intended protections against such attacks, by exploiting the ip push pending frames function. This function increments the IP ID field when sending a RST after receiving unsolicited TCP SYN-ACK packets.

Recommendations For Linux versions 2.4.x through 2.6.15, update to version 2.6.16 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1242

DSA-1097-1

DSA-1103

RHSA-2006:0437

RHSA-2006:0575

RHSA-2006_0575

Affected Products

Linux

Red Hat

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