CVE-2011-4609

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-05-05

Description

The svc_run function in the RPC implementation in glibc before 2.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of RPC connections.

See more information about CVE-2011-4609 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:	3.3	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (glibc)	ELSA-2012-0125	2012-02-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (glibc)	ELSA-2012-0126	2012-02-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2012-0058	2012-01-24

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