CVE-2005-3858

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-11-27 CVE Reserved
2005-11-27 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-11-03 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18562	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19038	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16043	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9396	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html	2018-10-03
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017	2018-10-03
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018	2018-10-03
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html	2018-10-03
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html	2018-10-03
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1	2018-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3858	2006-01-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617843	2006-01-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.0 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.0"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.1"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.2"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.3"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.4"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.5"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.6 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.6"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.7 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.7"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.8"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.8.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.8.1"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.9 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.9"		2.6.20		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.10 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.10"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.1"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.2"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.3"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.4"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.5"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.6 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.6"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.7 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.7"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.8"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.9 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.9"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.10 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.10"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.11"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.11.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.11.12"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.12"		-		Affected