CVE-2005-3806

Description

The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.

Category

6.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18977 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 vendor advisory
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9903 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15729 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018 vendor advisory
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 third party advisory patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3806?
CVE-2005-3806 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3806?
To fix CVE-2005-3806, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3806 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-3806 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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