CVE-2005-3848 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2005-3848?

CVE-2005-3848 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in the icmp_push_reply function in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted packets that cause the ip_append_data function to fail, aka "DST leak in icmp_push_reply."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3848?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3848?

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-2005-3848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-27ff-f66w-789c.