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USN-1379-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-1379-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

06/13/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

05/06/2013

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

The ip_expire function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly construct ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED packets after a timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via crafted fragmented packets.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-omap
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-powerpc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-server
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-versatile
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-35-32-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-0716
CVE - 2011-0716
CVE - 2011-1927
CVE - 2011-3619
USN-1379-1

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