CVE-2005-2973 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-2973 at MITRE

Description

The udp_v6_get_port function in udp.c in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.14-rc5, when running IPv6, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash).

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 128635 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2005:067, published Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SA:2005:068, published Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:57:42 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:42 2025