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CVSSv2

CVE-1999-0804

Published: 01/06/1999 Updated: 09/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 505
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Denial of service in Linux 2.2.x kernels via malformed ICMP packets containing unusual types, codes, and IP header lengths.

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debian debian linux 2.1

linux linux kernel 2.2.0

suse suse linux 6.1

redhat linux 6.0

Exploits

/* source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/302/info A vulnerability in the Linux Kernel's IPv4 option processing may allow a remote user to crash the system The vulnerability is the result of the kernel freeing a socket buffer when it shouldn't while sending an ICMP Parameter Problem error message in response to an IP packet with a malformed IP ...