Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24581Denial 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 (DoS). The vulnerability exists through a flaw in the Linux kernelβs Event Poll (epoll) implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0883
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681575
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Technical_Notes/ape.html#RHSA-2011-0883
lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/5/220
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html
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