Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 16, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2136
CVE-2008-2136
Description
Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Patches
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References
39- kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30198nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30241nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30276nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30368nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30499nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30818nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30962nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31107nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31198nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31341nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31628nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31689nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33201nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33280nvdThird Party Advisory
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-362.htmnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.5nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0607.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29235nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/referencesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1716/referencesnvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42451nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11038nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6503nvdBroken Link
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