Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24665Denial Of Service (DoS)
9 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Ethernet bonding driver implementation. Packets coming in from network devices that have more than 16 receive queues to a bonding interface could cause a denial of service.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/6.1_Release_Notes/index.html
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/6.1_Technical_Notes/index.html
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fd0e435b0fe85622f167b84432552885a4856ac8
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fd0e435b0fe85622f167b84432552885a4856ac8
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/16
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/4
securitytracker.com/id?1025558
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0542
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696029
Related
9 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C