Denial of Service Vulnerability in nf_conntrack_reasm.c in Linux Kernel

Denial of Service Vulnerability in nf_conntrack_reasm.c in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-2744 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.

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