Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24345Denial Of Service (DoS)
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 is vulnerable to denial of service. A flaw was found in inet_csk_diag_dump() in the Linux kernel’s module for monitoring the sockets of INET transport protocols. By sending a netlink message with certain bytecode, a local, unprivileged user could cause a denial of service.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.5_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0004
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22e76c849d505d87c5ecf3d3e6742a65f0ff4860
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22e76c849d505d87c5ecf3d3e6742a65f0ff4860
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/9
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/3
secunia.com/advisories/42126
secunia.com/advisories/42789
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/44665
www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0004
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651264
Related
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