Unscored CVE-2006-0037 EUVD-2006-0045GHSA-7qqw-pg8m-qqp2

ip_nat_pptp in the PPTP NAT helper (netfilter/ip_nat_helper_pptp.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.14, and other versions, allows local users to cause…

Published Jan 23, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

ip_nat_pptp in the PPTP NAT helper (netfilter/ip_nat_helper_pptp.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.14, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or crash) via a crafted outbound packet that causes an incorrect offset to be calculated from pointer arithmetic when non-linear SKBs (socket buffers) are used.

References

ADV-2006-0220 vdb-entry
16414 vdb-entry
388 third-party-advisory
2006-0004 vendor-advisory
kernel-pptpnathelper-dos(24204) vdb-entry
18482 third-party-advisory
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=03b9feca89366952ae5dfe4ad8107b1ece50b710