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CVE-2005-4635

Published: Jan 9, 2006

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The nl_fib_input function in fib_frontend.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.15 does not check for valid lengths of the header and payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference) via malformed fib_lookup netlink messages.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea86575eaf99a9262a969309d934318028dbfacb

x_refsource_MISC

third-party-advisory

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15

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SUSE-SA:2006:006

vendor-advisory

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vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

vdb-entry

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