CVE-2005-0449

high

Description

The netfilter/iptables module in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) or bypass firewall rules via crafted packets, which are not properly handled by the skb_checksum_help function.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/82-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10753

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-0450

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12598

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-284.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-283.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

http://secunia.com/advisories/19607

http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

http://secunia.com/advisories/19369

http://oss.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2005-01/msg01036.html

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000945

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H