CVE-2008-2136
First published: Fri May 16 2008(Updated: )
Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=2.4.0<2.4.36.5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=2.6.0<2.6.25.3 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =4.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 |
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Reference Links
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121031533024912&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29235
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31341
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31198
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30962
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0607.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-362.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31689
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33201
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.5
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1716/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30499
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42451
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6503
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11038
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