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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4572

Original release date:11/07/2006

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

ip6_tables in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16.31 allows remote attackers to (1) bypass a rule that disallows a protocol, via a packet with the protocol header not located immediately after the fragment header, aka "ip6_tables protocol bypass bug;" and (2) bypass a rule that looks for a certain extension header, via a packet with an extension header outside the first fragment, aka "ip6_tables extension header bypass bug."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22762

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22762

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22731

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22731

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-kernel] 20061105 Linux 2.6.16.31-rc1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/55/275979.html