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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:11159
HistoryJan 15, 2019 - 8:57 a.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS)

2019-01-1508:57:48
Veracode Vulnerability Database
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4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

kernel-rt is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability exists as the _request_module function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted application.

References

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C