CVE-2005-4635

high

Description

The nl_fib_input function in fib_frontend.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.15 does not check for valid lengths of the header and payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference) via malformed fib_lookup netlink messages.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16139

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea86575eaf99a9262a969309d934318028dbfacb

http://secunia.com/advisories/18788

http://secunia.com/advisories/18216

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01476