A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file net/ipv6/udp.c. The manipulation of the argument udp_v6_get_port() leads to infinite loop.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2973. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
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