Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24455Denial 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 the Linux kernel’s garbage collector for AF_UNIX sockets. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service (out-of-memory condition).
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0303
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395
lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450
lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8
marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2
secunia.com/advisories/42354
secunia.com/advisories/42745
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/42963
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0303
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756
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