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CVE-2011-1493

Published: Jun 21, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
8.3 IMPORTANT
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1493
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Array index error in the rose_parse_national function in net/rose/rose_subr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by composing FAC_NATIONAL_DIGIS data that specifies a large number of digipeaters, and then sending this data to a ROSE socket.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.38.8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38 (including)2.6.38 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc1 (including)2.6.38-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc2 (including)2.6.38-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc3 (including)2.6.38-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc4 (including)2.6.38-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc5 (including)2.6.38-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc6 (including)2.6.38-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc7 (including)2.6.38-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38-rc8 (including)2.6.38-rc8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38.1 (including)2.6.38.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38.2 (including)2.6.38.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38.3 (including)2.6.38.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38.4 (including)2.6.38.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38.5 (including)2.6.38.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38.6 (including)2.6.38.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.38.7 (including)2.6.38.7 (including)
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntunatty*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntulucid*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntumaverick*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntunatty*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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