CVE-2004-0626 (GCVE-0-2004-0626)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-07-06 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 00:24
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem in Linux kernel 2.6, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a large option length that produces a negative integer after a casting operation to the char type.
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