CVE-2006-4572 - Skinny Plastics

Description

ip6_tables in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16.31 allows remote attackers to (1) bypass a rule that disallows a protocol via a packet with the protocol header not located immediately after the fragment header aka \ip6_tables protocol bypass bug;\ and (2) bypass a rule that looks for a certain extension header via a packet with an extension header outside the first fragment aka \ip6_tables extension header bypass bug.\

Reference

http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/55/275979.html http://secunia.com/advisories/22731 http://secunia.com/advisories/22762 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20955 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fstable%2Flinux-2.6.16.y.git&a=search&s=CVE-2006-4572 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=0ddfcc96928145d6a6425fdd26dad6abfe7f891d http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=6ac62be885810e1f8390f0c3b9d3ee451d3d3f19 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.31 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197 http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4386