PT-2012-1526 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Dan Rosenberg · CVE-2011-1477 · Published 2012-06-21 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39

Description The issue is related to multiple array index errors in the sound/oss/opl3.c file of the Linux kernel. This can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in heap memory corruption, or potentially gain privileges. The exploitation requires write access to /dev/sequencer.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39, update to version 2.6.39 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1477

DSA-2240-1

DSA-2264-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 6

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d00135a680727f6c3be78f8befaac009030e4df · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1477 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d00135a680727f6c3be78f8befaac009030e4df · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/25/1 · Note