CVE-2011-2723
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Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as it did not backport the upstream commit a5b1cf28 that introduced this issue. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1386.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1350.html, and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0010.html.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| RHEV Agents (VDSM) | RHSA-2011:1408 | 2011-10-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:1321 | 2011-09-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:1386 | 2011-10-20 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2012:0010 | 2012-01-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:1350 | 2011-10-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) | RHSA-2011:1321 | 2011-09-20 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Brent Meshier for reporting this issue.External References
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