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CVE-2005-3848

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2005-11-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in the icmp_push_reply function in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted packets that cause the ip_append_data function to fail, aka "DST leak in icmp_push_reply."

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References