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CVE-2006-0037

Published: Jan 23, 2006

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

ip_nat_pptp in the PPTP NAT helper (netfilter/ip_nat_helper_pptp.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.14, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or crash) via a crafted outbound packet that causes an incorrect offset to be calculated from pointer arithmetic when non-linear SKBs (socket buffers) are used.

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

References

vdb-entry

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vdb-entry

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third-party-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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kernel-pptpnathelper-dos(24204)

vdb-entry

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third-party-advisory

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http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=03b9feca89366952ae5dfe4ad8107b1ece50b710

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