5.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled VLAN 0 frames with the priority tag set. When using certain network drivers, an attacker on the local network could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/3
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1465
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742846
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-1465
oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0e48f8daac293335e16e007663b9f4d248f89f0c
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