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Linux Kernel IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA17261

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Release Date:

2005-10-21

Last Update:

2005-11-10

Popularity:

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Critical:

Not critical

Impact:

DoS

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Linux Kernel 2.2.x
Linux Kernel 2.4.x
Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.4.32-rc2 and in version 2.6.14-rc5.

Secunia is currently not aware of any official patches for the kernel 2.2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Tetsuo Handa

Changelog:
2005-11-10: Added kernel 2.2 and 2.4 as vulnerable. Updated "Description", "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.

Original Advisory:
Kernel.org:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/ke...f9c97b4b3af8dec7b2b79cdfe7bfc0a0a03b2
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/ke...a5e7918796127b64e996f6a9f00d5e95161ed

Red Hat Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170772

Change Page:
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