CVE-2003-0643

N/A Unknown

Published: July 25, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Integer signedness error in the Linux Socket Filter implementation (filter.c) in Linux 2.4.3-pre3 to 2.4.22-pre10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://ftp.belnet.be/linux/gentoo-portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/files/gentoo-sources-2.4.CAN-2003-0643.patch

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://gentoo.kems.net/gentoo-x86-portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/ChangeLog

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo-portage/sys-kernel/wolk-sources/ChangeLog

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23265

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ultramonkey.org/bugs/cve-patch/CAN-2003-0643.patch

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ultramonkey.org/bugs/cve/CAN-2003-0643.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX06_004_v11.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://ftp.belnet.be/linux/gentoo-portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/files/gentoo-sources-2.4.CAN-2003-0643.patch