Denial Of Service (DOS)

2019-05-0206:12:55

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

JSON

Linux Kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DOS) attacks. This is because Linux Kernel running on AMD64 systems will sometimes map the contents of PIE executable, the heap or ld.so to where the stack is mapped allowing attackers to more easily manipulate the stack.

CPENameOperatorVersion
kerneleq2.6.18__348.23.1.el5
kerneleq2.6.18__194.17.1.el5
kerneleq2.6.18__371.9.1.el5
kerneleq2.6.32__358.6.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__642.6.2.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__431.40.2.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__131.17.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__642.3.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.18__348.18.1.el5
kerneleq2.6.18__418.el5

Name	Operator	Version
kernel	eq	2.6.18__348.23.1.el5
kernel	eq	2.6.18__194.17.1.el5
kernel	eq	2.6.18__371.9.1.el5
kernel	eq	2.6.32__358.6.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__642.6.2.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__431.40.2.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__131.17.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__642.3.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.18__348.18.1.el5
kernel	eq	2.6.18__418.el5