CVE-2011-1478

CVSS V2 Medium 5.7 CVSS V3 None
Description
The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-1478
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2011-10-23T10:55:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:29:50
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.38
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 5.7
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 5.5
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691270 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=66c46d741e2e60f0e8b625b80edb0ab820c46d7a Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6d152e23ad1a7a5b40fef1f42e017d66e6115159 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8480 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1478
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1478
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:53 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:04:35 2023-02-13T04:29:50 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:04:35 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated