Vulnerability identifier: #VU44912
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components /
Operating system
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Integer underflow in the dccp_parse_options function (net/dccp/options.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.14. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service via a Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) packet with an invalid feature options length, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Mitigation
Update to version 2.6.33.14.
Vulnerable software versions
Linux kernel: 2.6.33.1 - 2.6.33.13
External links
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061236.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061366.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130468845209036&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130469305815140&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/44932
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8286
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/longterm/v2.6.33/ChangeLog-2.6.33.14
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47769
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025592
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703011
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.