Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2006-4572
ip6_tables in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16.31 allows remote attackers to (1) bypass a rule that disallows a protocol, via a packet with the protocol header not located immediately after the fragment header, aka "ip6_tables protocol bypass bug;" and (2) bypass a rule that looks for a certain extension header, via a packet with an extension header outside the first fragment, aka "ip6_tables extension header bypass bug."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.037 (89.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.037 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/24098 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.kernel.org/git/
- www.kernel.org/git/
- secunia.com/advisories/23384 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 (vendor-advisory)
- readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/55/275979.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/22762 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4386 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23474 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)