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ELSA-2011-2038 Important: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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ELSA-2011-2038 Important: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

08/31/2011

Created

07/25/2018

Added

01/25/2012

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

Array index error in the rose_parse_national function in net/rose/rose_subr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by composing FAC_NATIONAL_DIGIS data that specifies a large number of digipeaters, and then sending this data to a ROSE socket.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-headers
oracle-linux-upgrade-mlnx_en
oracle-linux-upgrade-ofa

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-1493
48907
CVE - 2011-1493
CVE - 2011-1576
CVE - 2011-4127
Category I
V0031252
2012-A-0020
RHSA-2011:0927
RHSA-2011:1090
RHSA-2011:1106
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-December/002533.html
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-December/002534.html

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