Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2005-4635
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.
EPSS: 0.029 (85.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.0, 2.0.9.9, 2.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)