Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-3593

 

Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-3593

Published: June 8, 2013 / Updated: February 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92810
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3593
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

A certain Red Hat patch to the vlan_hwaccel_do_receive function in net/8021q/vlan_core.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via priority-tagged VLAN frames.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-3593

Install update from vendor's repository.

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