CVE-2011-3188

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-05-24

Description


The (1) IPv4 and (2) IPv6 implementations in the Linux kernel before 3.1 use a modified MD4 algorithm to generate sequence numbers and Fragment Identification values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) or hijack network sessions by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.

See more information about CVE-2011-3188 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: 7.8 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2011-13862011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20332011-11-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-13862011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-200.23.1.el5uek)ELSA-2011-20332011-11-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-13862011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2011-14652011-11-22
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20332011-11-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-200.23.1.el6uek)ELSA-2011-20332011-11-25



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