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>> Linux Kernel Malformed ULE Packet Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Linux Kernel Malformed ULE Packet Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3551
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4623
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-09-11
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A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which may be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the ULE (Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation) decapsulation code [drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c] that does not properly handle malformed packets with a SNDU (Sub Network Data Unit) length of 0, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable system, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Linux Kernel version 2.6.17.11 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3551
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/20/278
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ang Way Chuang
ChangeLog
2006-09-11 : Initial release
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