CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-1927

Published: Jun 13, 2012 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The ip_expire function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly construct ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED packets after a timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via crafted fragmented packets.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.38.8 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38 (including) 2.6.38 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc1 (including) 2.6.38-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc2 (including) 2.6.38-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc3 (including) 2.6.38-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc4 (including) 2.6.38-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc5 (including) 2.6.38-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc6 (including) 2.6.38-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc7 (including) 2.6.38-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc8 (including) 2.6.38-rc8 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38.1 (including) 2.6.38.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38.2 (including) 2.6.38.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38.3 (including) 2.6.38.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38.4 (including) 2.6.38.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38.5 (including) 2.6.38.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38.6 (including) 2.6.38.6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38.7 (including) 2.6.38.7 (including)

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