Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.12296
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Linux 2.6 iptables sign error DoS
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: It was possible to crash the remote host by sending a specially malformed TCP/IP packet with invalid TCP options. Only the version 2.6 of the Linux Kernel is known to be affected by this problem. An attacker may use this flaw to disable this host remotely. Solution : Upgrade to Linux 2.6.7 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 10634 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0626 Bugtraq: 20040630 Remote DoS vulnerability in Linux kernel 2.6.x (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108861141304495&w=2 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:852 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852 http://lwn.net/Articles/91964/ http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xml SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2004:020 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html XForce ISS Database: linux-tcpfindoption-dos(16554) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16554
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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