CVE-2011-0716

Severity

47%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

115%

The br_multicast_add_group function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by sending IGMP packets to a local interface.

The br_multicast_add_group function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by sending IGMP packets to a local interface.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-06-21 23:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-07 18:13:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.37

2.6.37

Linux Kernel 2.6.37 Release Candidate 1

2.6.37

Linux Kernel 2.6.37 Release Candidate 2

2.6.37

Linux Kernel 2.6.37 Release Candidate 3

2.6.37

Linux Kernel 2.6.37 Release Candidate 4

2.6.37

Linux Kernel 2.6.37 Release Candidate 5

2.6.37

Linux Kernel 2.6.37.1

2.6.37.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.37.2

2.6.37.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.37.3

2.6.37.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.37.4

2.6.37.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.37.5

2.6.37.5

Linux Kernel

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

Broken Link

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287

Issue Tracking, Patch

[oss-security] 20110217 Re: CVE request -- kernel: deficiency in processing igmp host membership reports in br_multicast

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678169

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

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