PT-2013-1419 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Scot Doyle · Published 2013-06-08 · Updated 2020-07-27 · CVE-2011-4087

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the br parse ip options function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize a certain data structure. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.

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

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4087

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4087 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/28/14 · Note
• 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=f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64 · Note