Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-4604
Published: June 7, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42799
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4604
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The bat_socket_read function in net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted batman-adv ICMP packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4604
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b5a1eeef04cc7859f34dec9b72ea1b28e4aba07c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/12/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767495
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5a1eeef04cc7859f34dec9b72ea1b28e4aba07c
- https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2011-December/005904.html