CVE-2006-0454 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-0454 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	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: 148628 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2006:006, published Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:31:31 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:15:04 2023