Integer underflow in the firewall logging rules for iptables in Linux before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed IP packet.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0816
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17800
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11202/
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_37_kernel.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11488