CVEvulnerability
CVE-2004-0626
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2004-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem in Linux kernel 2.6, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a large option length that produces a negative integer after a casting operation to the char type.
Affected configurations
• conectiva linux 10
• gentoo linux
• linux linux kernel 2.6.0
• suse suse linux 8.0
• suse suse linux 8.1
• suse suse linux 8.2
• suse suse linux 9.0
• suse suse linux 9.1
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lwn.net/Articles/91964/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108861141304495&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html www.novell.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16554 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lwn.net/Articles/91964/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108861141304495&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html www.novell.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16554 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com