CVE-2006-0454
Linux kernel before 2.6.15.3 down to 2.6.12, while constructing an ICMP response in icmp_send, does not properly handle when the…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Linux kernel before 2.6.15.3 down to 2.6.12, while constructing an ICMP response in icmp_send, does not properly handle when the ip_options_echo function in icmp.c fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors such as (1) record-route and (2) timestamp IP options with the needaddr bit set and a truncated value.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References18
- 18788 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- kernel-icmp-ipoptionsecho-dos(24575) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18861 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18774 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2006-0006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20060207 Linux 2.6.15.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2006-102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-250-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 18784 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16532 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20060207 Re: Linux 2.6.15.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [dailydave] 20060207 Fun with Linux (2.6.12 -> 2.6.15.2) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 18766 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0461 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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