CVE-2011-2213

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-06-01
IAVA:
2012-A-0020
Bugzilla:
714536: CVE-2011-2213 kernel: inet_diag: insufficient validation

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The inet_diag_bc_audit function in net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message, as demonstrated by an INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instruction with a zero yes value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3880.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2213 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,
5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is now in
Production 3 of the maintenance life-cycle, https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/, therefore the fix for this issue is not currently planned to be included in the future updates. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1189.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1253.html.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) RHSA-2011:1189 2011-08-23
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) RHSA-2011:1253 2011-09-12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) RHSA-2011:0927 2011-07-15

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 realtime-kernel Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this issue.

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