SB2013030107 - Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel
Published: March 1, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013030107
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2491)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/23/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709393
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0b760113a3a155269a3fba93a409c640031dd68f
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b760113a3a155269a3fba93a409c640031dd68f