Netfilter in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain packet fragments that are reassembled twice, which causes a data structure to be allocated twice.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.8.1 (including) | 2.6.8.1 (including) |
Kernel-source-2.4.27 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Kernel-source-2.4.27 | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
Linux-source-2.6.15 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Linux-source-2.6.17 | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.4.21-37.EL | * |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.9-5.0.5.EL | * |