CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3848

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A memory leak in the icmp_push_reply function in Linux kernel versions 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a large number of crafted packets that cause the ip_append_data function to fail.

Risk Assessment

The organization is vulnerable to a DoS attack that can exhaust system memory, disrupting services and applications.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to version 2.6.12.6 or later (for the 2.6 branch) or to version 2.6.14 (for the 2.6.13 branch).

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Memory leak in the icmp_push_reply function in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted packets that cause the ip_append_data function to fail, aka "DST leak in icmp_push_reply."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS