CVE-2006-1242 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-1242 at MITRE

Description

The ip_push_pending_frames function in Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.16 increments the IP ID field when sending a RST after receiving unsolicited TCP SYN-ACK packets, which allows remote attackers to conduct an Idle Scan (nmap -sI) attack, which bypasses intended protections against such attacks.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	None

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 159035 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2006:028, published Wed, 31 May 2006 18:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:56:26 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:15:23 2023