Candidate: CVE-2005-4635 References: MISC:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ea86575eaf99a9262a969309d934318028dbfacb CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15 BID:16139 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16139 FRSIRT:ADV-2006-0035 URL:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0035 SECUNIA:18216 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18216 Description: The nl_fib_input function in fib_frontend.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.15 does not check for valid lengths of the header and payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference) via malformed fib_lookup netlink messages. Notes: dannf> Well, I don't know how it could be exploited by an unpriveleged user - dannf> but I don't think we need to worry about it. The vulnerable function dannf> wasn't added until after 2.6.12, and is already fixed in 2.6.15. Bugs: upstream: released (2.6.15) linux-2.6: released (2.6.15-1) 2.6.8-sarge-security: N/A 2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A 2.4.19-woody-security: N/A 2.4.18-woody-security: N/A 2.4.17-woody-security: N/A 2.4.16-woody-security: N/A 2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: N/A 2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: N/A