CVE-2005-0449 Information

Description

The netfilter/iptables module in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) or bypass firewall rules via crafted packets which are not properly handled by the skb_checksum_help function.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000945 http://oss.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2005-01/msg01036.html http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-283.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-284.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12598 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10753 https://usn.ubuntu.com/82-1/