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Linux Kernel IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Posted by: Jordi on Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 08:53 PM
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The vulnerability is caused due to an infinite loop error in the "udp_v6_get_port()" function in "net/ipv6/udp.c". This may be exploited to cause a DoS.
Complete info at Secunia.