CVE-2011-2534
Description
From CVE.org
Buffer overflow in the clusterip_proc_write function in net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via a crafted write operation, related to string data that lacks a terminating '\0' character.
Statement
This issue did not affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as it did not have support for ipt_CLUSTERIP. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0498.html, and http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0500.html.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4 | 7.2 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Access Complexity | High | Low | N/A |
| Authentication | None | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | Complete | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | Complete | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Complete | Complete | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Vasiliy Kulikov (Openwall) for reporting this issue.
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