CVE-2011-4594
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2011-4594 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not provide support for the sendmmsg syscall. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0350.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-2012:0350 | 2012-03-06 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Tetsuo Handa for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Mathieu Desnoyers as the original reporter.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation
