CVE-2006-0037 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0037?

CVE-2006-0037 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0037?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0037 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-0037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0037 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-7qqw-pg8m-qqp2.