SB2012062206 - Input validation error in Linux kernel
Published: June 22, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012062206
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1493)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Array index error in the rose_parse_national function in net/rose/rose_subr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by composing FAC_NATIONAL_DIGIS data that specifies a large number of digipeaters, and then sending this data to a ROSE socket.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=be20250c13f88375345ad99950190685eda51eb8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/05/19
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770777
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/be20250c13f88375345ad99950190685eda51eb8