CVE-2011-2482

A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21	Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714867	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21	Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714867	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2013-06-08 13:05

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2011-2482

Mitre link : CVE-2011-2482

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-2482

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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