CVE-2005-4886 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2005-4886?

CVE-2005-4886 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The selinux_parse_skb_ipv6 function in security/selinux/hooks.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12-rc4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors associated with an incorrect call to the ipv6_skip_exthdr function.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4886?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4886?

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-2005-4886 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4886 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-8m8m-gx66-4856.