Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-1927
Published: June 13, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43992
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1927
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The ip_expire function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly construct ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED packets after a timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via crafted fragmented packets.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1927
Install update from vendor's website.
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.35-32.66, 2.6.38-10.46
External 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=64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba