CVE-2011-2498

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The Linux kernel from v2.3.36 before v2.6.39 allows local unprivileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering creation of PTE pages.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2498
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-02-20T04:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-02-25T15:53:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-772 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.3.36 2.6.39
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=130923704824984&w=2 Third Party Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-2498.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/ubuntu-USN-1383-1 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/1167-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2498 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2498
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2498
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:48:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 11:36:45 2020-02-20T04:15Z 2020-02-20T04:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 11:36:45 2020-02-25T15:53:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 11:36:45 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated