Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0592

Title: SUSE Linux kernel netfilter IPv6 DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-0592.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2004

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.74%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0592: The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem for IPv6 in the SUSE Linux 2.6.5 kernel with USAGI patches, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a large option length that produces a negative integer after a casting operation to the char type, a similar flaw to CVE-2004-0626.

Impacted Vendors

suse 1

novell 1

Reference Links

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-July/023408.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43137 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-July/023408.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43137

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0592 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2004 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.