PT-2012-1501 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Ian Page Hands · CVE-2011-0716 · Published 2011-04-08 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.38

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and system crash, by sending IGMP packets to a local interface when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.38, update to version 2.6.38 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0716

RHSA-2011:0421

RHSA-2011_0421

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 7

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287 · Patch
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0421.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0716 · Security Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/2 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678169 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287 · Note