CVE-2011-1770

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-06-24
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Integer underflow in the dccp_parse_options function (net/dccp/options.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) packet with an invalid feature options length, which triggers a buffer over-read.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2019	2011-06-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-100.35.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2011-2019	2011-06-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0836	2011-06-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2019	2011-06-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-100.35.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2011-2019	2011-06-02