CVE-2011-2699
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 24, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 11, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 1027274vdb-entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c
- [oss-security] 20110720 Re: CVE request: kernel: ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictablemailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723429
- MDVSA-2013:150vendor-advisory
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