CVE-2004-0626

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16554

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xml

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108861141304495&w=2

http://lwn.net/Articles/91964/

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-06

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High