CVE-2005-3806

NameCVE-2005-3806
DescriptionThe IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1017-1, DSA-1018-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kernel-source-2.4.27sourcesarge2.4.27-10sarge2DSA-1018-1
kernel-source-2.6.8sourcesarge2.6.8-16sarge2DSA-1017-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.14-1medium

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