CVE - CVE-2006-4572

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-4572	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
ip6_tables in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16.31 allows remote attackers to (1) bypass a rule that disallows a protocol, via a packet with the protocol header not located immediately after the fragment header, aka "ip6_tables protocol bypass bug;" and (2) bypass a rule that looks for a certain extension header, via a packet with an extension header outside the first fragment, aka "ip6_tables extension header bypass bug."
References
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BUGTRAQ:20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20061105 Linux 2.6.16.31-rc1 URL:http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/55/275979.html CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fstable%2Flinux-2.6.16.y.git&a=search&s=CVE-2006-4572 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=0ddfcc96928145d6a6425fdd26dad6abfe7f891d CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=6ac62be885810e1f8390f0c3b9d3ee451d3d3f19 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.31 MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2006:197 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2006:079 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html UBUNTU:USN-395-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 UBUNTU:USN-416-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 BID:20955 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20955 VUPEN:ADV-2006-4386 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4386 SECUNIA:22731 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22731 SECUNIA:22762 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22762 SECUNIA:23384 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 SECUNIA:24098 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 SECUNIA:25691 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 SECUNIA:23474 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
Date Entry Created
20060906	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060906)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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CVE-2006-4572