CVE-2011-2942

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A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730917
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

13 Feb 2023, 01:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary CVE-2011-2942 kernel: bridge: null pointer dereference in __br_deliver A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1408', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1408', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2942', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2942', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1386', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1386', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 18:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device. CVE-2011-2942 kernel: bridge: null pointer dereference in __br_deliver
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1408 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2942 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1386 -
Information

Published : 2013-06-08 13:05

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2011-2942

Mitre link : CVE-2011-2942

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-2942

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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other