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Vulnerability Bulletins


Denegación de servicio en la rama 2.6 del kernel de Linux

Vulnerability classification

Property Value
Confidence level Oficial
Impact Denegación de Servicio
Dificulty Experto
Required attacker level Acceso remoto sin cuenta a un servicio exotico

System information

Property Value
Affected manufacturer GNU/Linux
Affected software Linux kernel 2.6.x <2.6.7

Description

Se ha descubierto una vulnerabilidad en las versiones anteriores a la 2.6.7 de la rama 2.6 del kernel de Linux. La vulnerabilidad reside en el código de netfilter y concretamente en el parseo de las opciones de un paquete TCP que puede llevar a que el kernel entre en un bucle infinito debido al uso de un tipo de variable equivocado.

La explotación de esta vulnerabilidad podría permitir a un atacante remoto provocar una situación de denegación de servicio del sistema mediante el envío de paquetes TCP especialmente diseñados.

Es importante destacar que un sistema será solo vulnerable si ejecuta iptables con la opción "--tcp-options".

Solution

No ejecutar iptables con la opción "--tcp-options".

Si lo desea, aplique los mecanismos de actualización propios de su distribución, o bien baje las fuentes del software y compílelo usted mismo.


Actualización de software

Linux Kernel
Linux Kernel 2.6.7
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/

SUSE Linux

SUSE Linux 9.1
x86
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.95.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.95.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.5-7.95.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.5-7.95.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.95.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.95.nosrc.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.95.nosrc.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.5-7.95.nosrc.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.95.src.rpm
x86-64
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.95.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.95.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.95.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.95.nosrc.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.95.nosrc.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.95.src.rpm

SUSE Linux 9.0
x86
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_athlon-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_smp4G-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_um-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_athlon-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_smp4G-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_um-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
x86-64
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_deflt-2.4.21-231.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_smp-2.4.21-231.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.4.21-231.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-231.src.rpm

SUSE Linux 8.2
x86
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.20-115.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_athlon-2.4.20-115.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.20-115.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_psmp-2.4.20-115.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.4.20.SuSE-115.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.20-115.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_athlon-2.4.20-115.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.20-115.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_psmp-2.4.20-115.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.20.SuSE-115.src.rpm

SUSE Linux 8.1
x86
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_athlon-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_psmp-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.4.21-231.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_athlon-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_psmp-2.4.21-231.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-231.src.rpm

SUSE Linux 8.0
x86
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/images/k_deflt-2.4.18-303.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/images/k_smp-2.4.18-303.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/images/k_psmp-2.4.18-303.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/images/k_i386-2.4.18-303.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/d3/kernel-source-2.4.18.SuSE-303.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/k_deflt-2.4.18-303.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/k_smp-2.4.18-303.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/k_psmp-2.4.18-303.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/k_i386-2.4.18-303.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/kernel-source-2.4.18.SuSE-303.nosrc.rpm

Standar resources

Property Value
CVE CAN-2004-0626
BID

Other resources

BUGTRAQ archive
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/367615/2004-06-27/2004-07-03/0

SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2004:020
http://www.suse.de/de/security/2004_20_kernel.html

Version history

Version Comments Date
1.0 Aviso emitido 2004-07-02
1.1 Aviso emitido por SuSE (SUSE-SA:2004:020) 2004-07-05
1.2 CAN añadido 2004-07-08
Ministerio de Defensa
CNI
CCN
CCN-CERT