CVE-2006-6333 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6333
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Description: The tr_rx function in ibmtr.c for Linux kernel 2.6.19 assigns the wrong flag to the ip_summed field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that cause the kernel to interpret another field as an offset.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA23254 CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ee28b0da1069ced1688aa9d0b7b378353b988321 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blobdiff;h=0d97e10ccac580e16d3dffbe4a9a88144360e64a;hp=bfe59865b1dd50e5c4dbd4cefe506a31e1495a1a;hb=ee28b0da1069ced1688aa9d0b7b378353b988321;f=drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c BID 21490

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