CVE-2004-0626 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2004-0626 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 57661 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2004:020, published Tuesday, Jul 2nd 2004 18:00 MEST

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:54:25 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:35 2025