CVE-2012-2744 (GCVE-0-2012-2744)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-09 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e2dcf72… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49928 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1148.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2010-05-16 00:00
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