CVE-2004-1335 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2004-1335?

CVE-2004-1335 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Jan 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in the ip_options_get function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly calling the ip_cmsg_send function.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1335?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Fedora Core, Redhat Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1335?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-1335 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1335 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2j6m-xqr4-h89h.