SB2011050503 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel
Published: May 5, 2011
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011050503
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0714)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Use-after-free vulnerability in a certain Red Hat patch for the RPC server sockets functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed data in a packet, related to lockd and the svc_xprt_received function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.