CVE-2014-2672
It was found that a remote attacker could use a race condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to crash the system by creating large network traffic on the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter.
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Statement
This issued does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 because we do not provide support for Atheros 9k wireless network adapters.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| 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 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:1023 | 2014-08-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0981 | 2014-07-29 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2014:0557 | 2014-05-27 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.4 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:1101 | 2014-08-27 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |