CVE-2006-6333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The tr_rx function in ibmtr.c for Linux kernel 2.6.19 assigns the wrong flag to the ip_summed field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that cause the kernel to interpret another field as an offset.

Published: 2006-12-06

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 2.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6316	The tr_rx function in ibmtr.c for Linux kernel 2.6.19 assigns the wrong flag to the ip_summed field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that cause the kernel to interpret another field as an offset.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02704.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/23254
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=0d97e10ccac580e16d3dffbe4a9a88144360e64a%3Bhp=bfe59865b1dd50e5c4dbd4cefe506a31e1495a1a%3Bhb=ee28b0da1069ced1688aa9d0b7b378353b988321%3Bf=drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee28b0da1069ced1688aa9d0b7b378353b988321
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21490
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4907

History

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Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-06T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:19:35.272Z

Reserved: 2006-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6333

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-06T22:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6333

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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