CVE-2005-3858
N/A
Published: November 27, 2005 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508479120081&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112533899509033&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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