CVE-2011-1576
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2011-08-31 |
Description
The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN packets that are processed by the napi_reuse_skb function, leading to (1) a memory leak or (2) memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1478.
See more information about CVE-2011-1576 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: | 5.7 | Base Metrics: | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector: | Adjacent network | Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2011-0927 | 2011-07-18 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2011-2025 | 2011-08-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2011-2038 | 2011-12-23 |
| 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-2.6.32-200.19.1.el5uek) | ELSA-2011-2025 | 2011-08-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el5uek) | ELSA-2011-2038 | 2011-12-23 |
| 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-2011-1189 | 2011-08-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2011-2025 | 2011-08-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2011-2038 | 2011-12-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2011-2038 | 2011-12-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-200.19.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2011-2025 | 2011-08-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2011-2038 | 2011-12-23 |
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