CVE-2011-1573

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-02-02

Description

net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when addip_enable and auth_enable are used, does not consider the amount of zero padding during calculation of chunk lengths for (1) INIT and (2) INIT ACK chunks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted packet data.

See more information about CVE-2011-1573 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.19.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-100.28.15.el5)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.19.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0498	2011-05-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11

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