CVE-2005-3858 Information

Description

Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems which prevents the SKB from being freed.

Reference

http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 http://secunia.com/advisories/19038 http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16043 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9396 https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/