CVE-2006-2444 Information

Description

The snmp_trap_decode function in the SNMP NAT helper for Linux kernel before 2.6.16.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified remote attack vectors that cause failures in snmp_trap_decode that trigger (1) frees of random memory or (2) frees of previously-freed memory (double-free) by snmp_trap_decode as well as its calling function as demonstrated via certain test cases of the PROTOS SNMP test suite.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.18 http://secunia.com/advisories/20182 http://secunia.com/advisories/20225 http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 http://secunia.com/advisories/21035 http://secunia.com/advisories/21136 http://secunia.com/advisories/21179 http://secunia.com/advisories/21498 http://secunia.com/advisories/21605 http://secunia.com/advisories/21983 http://secunia.com/advisories/22082 http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 http://secunia.com/advisories/22174 http://secunia.com/advisories/22822 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016153 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/681569 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=1db6b5a66e93ff125ab871d6b3f7363412cc87e8 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:087 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_64_kernel.html http://www.osvdb.org/25750 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0580.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18081 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1916 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26594 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11318