PT-2010-5669 · Suse+2 · Suse Linux Enterprise Btrfs-Kmp-Xen+5

Petr Matousek · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-2918

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel-desktop-devel (affected versions not specified) SUSE Linux Enterprise btrfs-kmp-xen (affected versions not specified) SUSE Linux Enterprise btrfs-kmp-pae (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a system hang, via a crafted application. It may also lead to violations of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation of these issues can be carried out locally.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1, update to version 3.1 or later to resolve the issue. For SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel-desktop-devel, btrfs-kmp-xen, and btrfs-kmp-pae, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04341

BDU:2015-04342

BDU:2015-04343

CVE-2011-2918

DSA-2303-1

RHSA-2011:1350

RHSA-2011_1350

RHSA-2012:0333

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse Linux Enterprise Btrfs-Kmp-Pae

Suse Linux Enterprise Btrfs-Kmp-Xen

Suse Linux Enterprise Kernel-Desktop-Devel

Suse

References · 14

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/17769 · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04343 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04341 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1350.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/16/1 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04342 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2918 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730706 · Patch
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51 · Note
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/cve-2011-2700-linux-kernel-si4713-i2c-buffer-overflow · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233 · Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00004.html · Note