CVE-2005-0210

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Netfilter in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain packet fragments that are reassembled twice, which causes a data structure to be allocated twice.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.8.1

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000945
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111091402626556&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14295
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
http://www.osvdb.org/14966
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12816

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