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CVE-2008-2136 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121031533024912&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30198 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30241 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30276 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30499 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31198 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31341 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31689 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-362.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.5 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0607.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29235 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020118 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1716/references CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42451 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11038 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6503 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2136
NVD Published Date:
05/16/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE