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Cent OS: CVE-2012-1583: CESA-2012:0480 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-1583: CESA-2012:0480 (kernel)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/16/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel

References

  • 53139
  • CVE-2012-1583
  • RHSA-2012:0488
  • 1026930

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