CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-4635

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-12-31
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 nl_fib_input function in fib_frontend.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.15 does not check for valid lengths of the header and payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference) via malformed fib_lookup netlink messages.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.0.9.9 • linux linux kernel 2.1 • linux linux kernel 2.2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.2.15 • linux linux kernel 2.2.15 pre20 • linux linux kernel 2.2.16 • linux linux kernel 2.2.25 • linux linux kernel 2.2.27 • linux linux kernel 2.3.0 • linux linux kernel 2.3.99 • linux linux kernel 2.4.0 • linux linux kernel 2.4.18 • linux linux kernel 2.4.19 • linux linux kernel 2.4.21 • linux linux kernel 2.4.22 • linux linux kernel 2.4.23 • linux linux kernel 2.4.23 ow2 • linux linux kernel 2.4.24 • linux linux kernel 2.4.24 ow1 • linux linux kernel 2.4.25 • linux linux kernel 2.4.26 • linux linux kernel 2.4.27 • linux linux kernel 2.4.28 • linux linux kernel 2.4.29 • linux linux kernel 2.4.30 • linux linux kernel 2.4.31 • linux linux kernel 2.4.32 • linux linux kernel 2.5.0 • linux linux kernel 2.6.0 • linux linux kernel 2.6.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.8.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.8.1.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.12 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11 rc1 bk6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.12 • linux linux kernel 2.6.12.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.12.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.12.3 … and 15 more

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