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CVE-2011-2699

The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not generate Fragment Identification values separately for each destination, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.

Published

2012-05-24T23:55:01.963

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_mrg	2.0	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027274 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723429 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027274 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723429 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)