Tracker / CVE-2004-0626
CVE-2004-0626
Medium 5.0
The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem in Linux kernel 2.6, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a large option length that produces a negative integer after a casting operation to the char type.
Affected products and versions
| conectiva | linux |
|---|---|
| gentoo | linux |
| linux | linux_kernel |
| suse | suse_linux |
Analysis
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