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kernel: null pointer dereference

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2010-0006
Created:January 21, 2010 Updated:February 11, 2011
Description:

From the NVD entry:

The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4, when network namespaces are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an invalid IPv6 jumbogram, a related issue to CVE-2007-4567.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2011-1138 2011-02-07
Ubuntu USN-894-1 2010-02-05
Fedora FEDORA-2010-0919 2010-01-22
Fedora FEDORA-2010-0823 2010-01-20
SuSE SUSE-SA:2010:010 2010-02-08
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