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CVE-2008-2136

Published: May 16, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2136
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.0 (including)2.4.36.5 (excluding)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0 (including)2.6.25.3 (excluding)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-74.el5rt*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatkernel-0:2.4.18-e.67*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatkernel-0:2.4.9-e.74*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.22.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntufeisty*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntugutsy*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntuupstream*

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