CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-0454
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-02-07
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
Linux kernel before 2.6.15.3 down to 2.6.12, while constructing an ICMP response in icmp_send, does not properly handle when the ip_options_echo function in icmp.c fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors such as (1) record-route and (2) timestamp IP options with the needaddr bit set and a truncated value.
Affected configurations
• 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
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.2
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-February/002909.html Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113927617401569&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113927648820694&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18766 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18774 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18784 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18788 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18861 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.3 www.kernel.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00037.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16532 Patch
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0006 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-250-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0464 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24575 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-February/002909.html Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113927617401569&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113927648820694&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18766 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18774 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18784 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18788 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18861 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.3 www.kernel.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00037.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16532 Patch
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0006 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-250-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0464 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24575 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com