1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. The attack is possible because a flaw in the dccp_rcv_state_process() function could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, even when the socket was already closed.
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0833
downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0833
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86