Bug 170775 - CVE-2005-2973 ipv6 infinite loop - ipf
Summary: CVE-2005-2973 ipv6 infinite loop - ipf
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 2.1
Hardware: ia64
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Don Howard
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
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Blocks: 143573
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-10-14 15:08 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0190
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-02-01 17:46:48 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0190 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2006-02-01 05:00:00 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2005-10-14 15:08:36 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #170772 +++

Tetsuo Handa reported a infinite loop allowing a local user to crash a ipv6
enabled kernel.

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4342df67SNhRx_3FGhUrrU-FXLlQIA

When looking at this update I noticed another patch that we might be missing,
not checked into it's ability to have a security relevance:

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4341a0f6Dq8vTKy1SDtDVxuJUrQaRg
Comment 1 Don Howard 2005-10-18 18:54:12 UTC 
See bug #170772 for a reproducer. 

modprobe ipv6
then run the reproducer.
Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-01 17:46:48 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
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