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CVE-2005-3806 Detail

Current Description

The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18977 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18977 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15729
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15729
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9903
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9903
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/

Weakness Enumeration

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

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3806
NVD Published Date:
11/25/2005
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE