CVE-2005-2973

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Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2005-10-04
Bugzilla:
1617770: CVE-2005-2973 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The udp_v6_get_port function in udp.c in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.14-rc5, when running IPv6, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash).

Find out more about CVE-2005-2973 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) RHSA-2006:0493 2006-05-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2006:0191 2006-02-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2006:0190 2006-02-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (kernel) RHSA-2006:0140 2006-01-19

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