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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-27T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:24:36.545Z

Reserved: 2005-11-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3858

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-27T22:03:00.000

Modified: 2018-10-03T21:33:59.897

Link: CVE-2005-3858

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-3858 - Bugzilla